The past 100 years have seen another world war and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, but much of present-day Europe is based ... right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 ...

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is ... seven continents and five oceans. Europe is a continent.

Other historians argue the map already existed ... a magnificent reminder of Europe’s first efforts to chart the world as they were coming to know it.

Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. Although I love my globe, it’s a bit awkward to carry around. Instead, it’s much easier to use a map or a book of ...