The Seven Continents and the Countries Within

Click on the continent to locate online or map case maps of countries within the seven continents:

Africa North America South America Europe Asia Australia Antarctica

Most of these folded maps are located on a shelf in the cubicle labeled "Countries of the World" in the Map Resource Area. Antarctica maps are located in the map cases. Also see http://www.globecorner.com/s/111.html for Bartholomew World Travel maps.

Also see: Infoplease Atlas


Africa (Africa is the second largest continent. The continent is divided into 53 different countries).
(If you click on the map you will be taken to InfoPlease, where you may click on the individual countries).



Map Resource Area Maps (cubicle)
The Map Resource Area is on the third floor of the library, down one floor from the main floor. As you descend the main stairwell, bear left. The Map Resource Area is the area surrounding and including the map cases.

Africa (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:10,000,000 scale (1989)
Africa Central & Southern (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:5,000,000 scale (1989)
Africa West (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:3,500,000 scale (1989)
Africa East (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:2,500,000 scale (1989)

Online Maps

Online Africa Maps - "Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."


Antarctica (Antarctica is located at the South Pole. It is the fifth largest continent. There are no countries on this continent).
(If you click on the map you will be taken to InfoPlease. Remember that there are no countries on Antarctica, so the map is not interactive).

Map Case Maps
The map cases are on the third floor of the library, down one floor from the main floor. As you descend the main stairwell, bear left.

See map case 15, drawer 9 for maps of Antarctica. The index map is in case 16, drawer 10.

Online Maps

Antarctic Region : - "Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."


Asia (Asia is made up of 48 countries. Asia makes up nearly 1/3 of the Earth's land mass).
(If you click on the map you will be taken to InfoPlease, where you may click on the individual countries).

Map Resource Area Maps (cubicle)
The Map Resource Area is on the third floor of the library, down one floor from the main floor. As you descend the main stairwell, bear left. The Map Resource Area is the area surrounding and including the map cases.

Asia South-East (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:5,800,000 scale (1989)
China & Mongolia (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:6,000,000 scale (1989)
Central Asia (Folded Nelles Map) - Kazakhstan (South), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (East), & Uzbekistan, 1:1,750,000 scale (1999)
Indian Subcontinent (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:1,000,000 scale (1989)
Japan (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:2,500,000 scale (1989)
Pakistan (Folded Nelles Map) - Includes city maps of Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, 1:1,500,000 scale (1999)
Singapore & Malaysia (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:1,250,000 scale (1989)
Thailand (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:1,500,000 scale (1989)
Afghanistan (Folded Map) - Includes inset maps of Kabul, Kabul region, Afghanistan economic resources, and Afghanistan ethnology, 1:1,500,000 scale, and separate Index and Supplement to Map of Afghanistan (1991)
Afghanistan (Folded Nelles Map) - Includes city map of Kabul, 1:1,500,000 scale (2001)
Middle East (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:4,000,000 scale (1991)

Online Maps

Online Asia Maps: - "Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."
Online Maps of the Middle East: - "Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."
Online Maps of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics: - "Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."

Australia (Australia is the smallest Continent. Australia is the only continent that is its own country. Because Australia is in the southern hemisphere, it is often called "The Land Down Under."
(If you click on the map you will be taken to InfoPlease. The map is not interactive).

Map Resource Area Maps (cubicle)
The Map Resource Area is on the third floor of the library, down one floor from the main floor. As you descend the main stairwell, bear left. The Map Resource Area is the area surrounding and including the map cases.

Australia (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:5,000,000 scale (1989)
New Zealand
(Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:2,000,000 scale (1989)
Pacific (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:40,000,000 scale (1982)

Online Maps

Online Maps of Australia and the Pacific: - "Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."


Europe (Europe is the sixth largest continent. This continent is made up of 46 countries).
(If you click on the map you will be taken to InfoPlease, where you may click on the individual countries).

Map Resource Area Maps (cubicle)
The Map Resource Area is on the third floor of the library, down one floor from the main floor. As you descend the main stairwell, bear left. The Map Resource Area is the area surrounding and including the map cases.

British Isles (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:1,000,000 scale (1989)
Europe Western (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:3,000,000 scale (1989)
Europe Political (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:5,000,000 scale (1989)
Europe Central (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:1,250,000 scale (1989)
Scandinavia (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:2,500,000 scale (1989)
USSR Political
(Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:9,000,000 scale (1989)
USSR Western (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:2,000,000 scale (1990)

Online Maps

Online Maps of Europe: - "Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."
Online Maps of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics:
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"Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."


North and South America (North America is the third largest continent. South America is the fourth largest continent. There are 13 countries that make up this continent).
(If you click on the maps you will be taken to InfoPlease, where you may click on the individual countries).


North America

South America

Map Resource Area Maps (cubicle)
The Map Resource Area is on the third floor of the library, down one floor from the main floor. As you descend the main stairwell, bear left. The Map Resource Area is the area surrounding and including the map cases.

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay & Uruguay - 1:5,000,000 scale (1989)
Brazil & Bolivia - 1:5,000,000 scale (1989)
Canada
(Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:5,800,000 scale (1989)
Central America - (Folded Hallwag Map) - 1:5,000,000 scale (1990)
Costa Rica -
(Folded ACCCR Map) - 1:670,000 scale (1999)
Peru, Colombia, Venezuela - (Folded Bartholomew Map) - 1:5,000,000 scale (1989)

Online Maps

Online Maps of the Americas: - "Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."

 

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