| Map-making is an ancient activity. Evidence proves | | | | capes, and promontories to be feature in this type of |
| that the human being have been drawing maps in | | | | map. |
| ages even before Christ. It has evolved greatly over | | | | Nevertheless, there are several maps of the world |
| the centuries, and we can consider map-making, or | | | | that are very helpful but not as traditional. For |
| cartography, an art of its own. | | | | example, the world map on most important cities, |
| Nowadays, world maps are being drawn highlighting all | | | | which generally uses evaluation concepts such as |
| kinds of subjects, from history to natural beauties | | | | city's influence on global affairs, highly advanced |
| and sea ports maps of the world. They are adjusted | | | | transportation systems, large metropolitan population, |
| to be useful according to the topic chosen, and | | | | etc., to define which cities should be displayed. Also, |
| anyone can benefit from its accuracy and | | | | there are maps of the world focusing on history, on |
| cross-reference information. But the most common | | | | natural vegetation - showing occurrence of tundra, |
| types of world maps are those showing the surface | | | | different types of forests, grasslands, deserts, |
| of the Earth with political or topographic projections. | | | | semi-deserts, and ice lands, on weather - featuring |
| The most generally used world maps are: world | | | | meteorological elements such as average |
| political map, which shows the political divisions of the | | | | temperature, world currents, and precipitations in a |
| world, i.e., countries and their capital and major cities, | | | | given period of time, on climate - which has a special |
| their land borders, and their maritime boundaries; | | | | alphabet to combine all the elements and their |
| world continent map, which only shows the seven | | | | variations, on time zones - displaying the standard |
| continents - North and South America, Africa, Europe, | | | | time zones and the geographical coordinates of |
| Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica, the oceans - Arctic, | | | | different locations by using meridians, and on minerals |
| Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Southern, and the major | | | | - showing the availability of several minerals such as |
| seas, such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, | | | | gold, silver, uranium, iron, coal, oil, copper, diamond, |
| the Caspian Sea, the Arabian Sea, the North Sea, the | | | | etc. In addition, there are even more unusual world |
| Baltic Sea, etc; world map on population density, | | | | maps such as wonders of the world map, major air |
| which shows the current population density in every | | | | routes, economic resources map, natural park map, |
| country and their major cities; and world physical map | | | | landmarks map, and so on. |
| (also called world topography or geography map), | | | | In short, there are maps of the world for virtually |
| featuring varied natural landforms and other | | | | every need. So, next time you are studying a |
| topographic characteristics - there is a huge diversity, | | | | subject, going on a trip, researching specific elements, |
| for example, plains, deserts, plateaus, canyons, | | | | or even just out of curiosity, take a look at the |
| mountains, highlands, valleys, rivers, lakes, glaciers, | | | | world maps that better meet your needs and you |
| seas, gulfs, bays, underwater trenches, forests, | | | | might be surprised at its helpfulness! |
| straits, fiords, coral reefs, deltas, islands, peninsulas, | | | | |