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Geographically, southern Europe is the southern portion of the European continent. This definition is relative, although largely based on history, culture, climate, and flora, which is shared across the region. Southern Europe can be subdivided into three subregions: Iberian Peninsula and the surrounding islands (Southwest Europe)
For instance, the Balkans is a distinct geographical region within Europe, but individual countries may alternatively be grouped into South-eastern Europe or Southern Europe. Regional affiliation of countries may also evolve over time. Malta was considered an island of North Africa for centuries, [1] but is now considered a part of Southern ...
Worldmap_southern.svg: Polar / orthographic projection of the southern hemisphere, ... Image:BlankEurope.png – A large map of Europe. 1236x1245px 44.18 KB.
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 ...
The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Europe, created by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). [1] The scheme subdivides the continent into Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific ...
Reverted to version as of 12:17, 22 February 2021 (UTC) No reason to color countries that are outside Europe in the Geosceme unless they are geographically transcontinental 00:12, 6 August 2021 680 × 520 (262 KB)
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 ...
Corrected Switzerland (to Central Europe) and Andorra (to Southwestern Europe) according to CIA source: 19:47, 17 December 2009: 680 × 520 (574 KB) Kolja21: rev Please make new map, if you don't like this one: 22:22, 16 December 2009: 680 × 520 (575 KB) Koyos: colors were incorrect according to source, now fixed, see discussion: 18:42, 27 May ...