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The continent of Europe comprises a large part of the Palearctic ecozone, with many unique biomes and ecoregions. Biogeographically, Europe is tied closely to Siberia, commonly known as the Euro-Siberian region. The European Environmental Agency (EEA) divides Europe into a total of eleven terrestrial biogeographical regions and seven regional ...
The map is very large – the full frame measures 2.4 by 2.4 metres (8 by 8 ft). This makes Fra Mauro's mappa mundi the world's largest extant map from early modern Europe. The map is drawn on high-quality vellum and is set in a gilded wooden frame. The large drawings are highly detailed and use a range of expensive colors; blue, red, turquoise ...
Clickable map of Europe, showing the standard convention for its continental boundary with Asia. (see boundary between Europe and Asia for more information).. Legend: blue = Contiguous transcontinental states; green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe's boundaries.
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The map must show the original de-jure status with no breakaway regions, as it was originally created. An alternative map showing the de-facto status with breakaway regions needs to created instead. 15:47, 16 November 2014: 2,045 × 1,720 (7.38 MB) A2D2: Reverted to version as of 20:57, 18 October 2014: 22:43, 18 October 2014: 2,045 × 1,720 (7 ...
Clickable map of Europe, showing the standard convention for its continental boundary with Asia. (see boundary between Asia and Europe for more information).. Legend: blue = Contiguous transcontinental states; green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe's boundaries.
Ptolemy's world map of the 2nd century already had a reasonably precise description of southern and western Europe, but was unaware of particulars of northern and eastern Europe. Medieval maps such as the Hereford Mappa Mundi still assumed that Scandinavia was an island. Progress was made in the 16th century, and Gerard Mercator gave an ...
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