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Cartography of Europe. The earliest cartographic depictions of Europe are found in early world maps. In classical antiquity, Europe was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe north of the Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps . Ptolemy's world map of the 2nd century already had a reasonably precise ...
In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the Baltic Sea. Three smaller peninsulas— Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland.
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Asia and Africa.
List of European countries. Coats of arms of Europe. Flags of Europe. List of European countries by GDP PPP. List of European countries by population. European microstates. Monarchies in Europe.
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Greek(about 12 million) Albanian(about 9 million) Armenian(about 3.5 million) In addition, there are also smaller sub-groups within the Indo-Europeanlanguages of Europe, including: Baltic, including Latvian, Lithuanian, Samogitianand Latgalian. Celtic, including Breton, Cornish, Irish, Manx, Welsh, and Scottish Gaelic.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Old maps of Europe. Historic maps of Europe . This category is for historic maps showing all or part of Europe. See subcategories for smaller areas. "Historic maps" means maps made over seventy (70) years ago. Where to categorize or find maps of Europe made in the last 70 years.