An image of "The Continent of Europe", created by Jan van Kessel I in 1666 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "The Continent of Asia", created by Jan van Kessel I in 1666 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "The Continent of Africa", created by Jan van Kessel I in 1666 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "The Continent of America", created by Jan van Kessel I in 1666 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "The Continent of Africa", created by Jan van Kessel I in 1672 (Oil on canvas, 108 x 149 cm).

An image of "Apollo and the Continents (America, left-hand side)", created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1752-53 (Fresco).

An image of "Apollo and the Continents (America, right-hand side)", created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1752-53 (Fresco).

An image of "Apollo and the Continents (Africa, left-hand side)", created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1752-53 (Fresco).

An image of "Apollo and the Continents (Africa, right-hand side)", created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1752-53 (Fresco).

An image of "Apollo and the Continents (Asia, obelisk group)", created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1752-53 (Fresco).

An image of "Apollo and the Continents (Asia, figure of Asia)", created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1752-53 (Fresco).

An image of "Apollo and the Continents (Europe, overall view)", created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1752-53 (Fresco).

An image of "Apollo and the Continents", created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1752-53 (Fresco, 1900 x 3050 cm).

A color map of Europe after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which redrew the continent's political boundaries after the French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This map is color-coded to show...

A map of Europe in 1792 during the French Revolution and the beginning of the Modern Era. This map is color-coded to distinguish between various countries throughout the continent, including Great Britain, France, United Netherlands,...

A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...

This is an interesting map of Africa showing the continent before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial...

Looking at the planet earth from space. The continent of Africa is visible behind the cloud cover as well as a large quantity of water in the blue oceans that make up a majority of the globes surface.

Imagine a multinational army of volunteers marching across a continent with minimal organization and direction to take on the most powerful army in the world. This was the People's Crusade, the First Crusade.

An orographic map of Asia from 1912 showing average elevations and land features of the region. The map uses color-contouring to show land elevations from depressions below sea level to above 12,000 feet. Offshore fathom contour lines...

Grain production of four major continents.

A map showing the European colonization of the African continent before and after the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish...

A map from 1906 of the Dominion of Canada showing the boundaries of the provinces and territories, provincial capitals and major cities, lakes, rivers, coastal features, and islands of the region. An inset map shows the entire North...

The Awash valley contains one of the most important groupings of palaeontological sites on the African continent. The remains found at the site, the oldest of which date back at least 4 million years, provide evidence of human evolution...