Commercial Map of the World showing the Chief Countries and their Possessions, 1899
A map of the world from 1899, color–coded to show the chief countries of the world and their possessions at the time, including the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, and Netherlands. The map shows m...

Hemisphere and Star-Shaped Map of the World, 1901
A world map from 1901, showing the earth as East Hemisphere and West Hemisphere at the top, and showing the "Continental Plateau" in the star–shaped map below. The hemisphere maps use the mapping convention of dividing the earth, boun...

World- Slopes and Divides Polar Perspective, 1901
A world map from 1901 on a Polar Projection showing general land elevations to illustrate continental slopes and divides. The map is color-coded to show mountain systems and high plateaus in tan, lowlands in green, submerged continental plateau in li...

Heat Belts- July, 1901
A double hemisphere map of the earth from 1901 showing the Heat Equator (defined by the highest mean annual temperature at each longitude around the globe, not by latitude), Cold Belt, Temperate Belt, and Hot Belt of the East and West hemispheres dur...

Heat Belts- January, 1901
A double hemisphere map of the earth from 1901 showing the Heat Equator (defined by the highest mean annual temperature at each longitude around the globe, not by latitude), Cold Belt, Temperate Belt, and Hot Belt of the East and West hemispheres dur...

Heat Changes During the Year, 1901
A double hemisphere map of the earth from 1901 showing the Heat Equator (defined by the highest mean annual temperature at each longitude around the globe, not by latitude), and changes of the Cold Belt, Temperate Belt, and Hot Belt of the East and W...

Prevailing Winds and Rainfall Distribution, 1901
A map of the Western and Eastern hemispheres from 1901, showing the prevailing winds of the Trades, the areas of calms, the seasonal wind directions of the Monsoons, and the cyclonic patterns of the Westerlies. This map also shows continental rainfal...

Global Ocean Currents, 1901
A double hemisphere map from 1901 showing the major ocean currents of the earth, including the Equatorial Current, Monsoon currents, Japanese Current, West and East Australian currents, Mozambique Current, California Current, Peruvian Current, Gulf S...

World Vegetation Regions, 1901
A word map from 1901 showing the Vegetation Regions over the Earth. This map shows regions of deserts, tundras, and ice fields in white, regions of grassy lands in light gray, regions of open forests in dark gray, and regions of dense forests in blac...

World Density of Population, 1901
A map of world population density in 1901. "On this map the most thickly peopled regions are shown by the darkest lining; the regions of moderate density of population, by the lighter lining; and the most thinly peopled regions, by dots."...