Afghanistan

Tents of Afghan nomads in the northern Badghis Province. Early peasant farming villages came into existence about 7,000 years ago.

animals

Short-tailed albatross

Pacific Ocean

Made in 1529, the Diogo Ribeiro map was the first to show the Pacific at about its proper size

Indian Ocean

A swarm of surgeonfish near Maldives Islands represents the well-known, exotic fauna of the warmer parts of the Indian Ocean.

Atlantic Ocean

Sargassum fish

Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, with borders as delineated by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), including Hudson Bay (some of which is south of 57°N latitude, off the map) and all other marginal seas.

Animals

Aardvark in the Bushveld, Limpopo