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Elevation Maps, Europe

Norway Elevation Map

This Norway topographic elevation map shows the landscape in 24 terraced elevation bands.

Thematic Maps, USA

Mapped: Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775

Map of Benedict Arnold's 1775 route from Cambridge, Massachusetts, by sea to the Kennebec River, up the Kennebec and Dead River, over the Height of Land, down the Chaudière River to Pointe-Lévis across from Quebec. Numbered markers show 14 stages. An inset shows the St. Lawrence crossing, the withdrawal to Pointe-aux-Trembles and the December 31 assault.

Thematic Maps, USA

Mapped: Wilson’s Raid, 1865

Map of Alabama and western Georgia showing Wilson's Raid in 1865. A thick red line runs from the Tennessee River in northwest Alabama south through Jasper, Elyton, Montevallo and Selma, then east through Montgomery and Columbus to Macon. A blue line shows La Grange's brigade through West Point and Griffin. A gold line shows Croxton's brigade to Tuscaloosa, a dotted stretch through west Alabama, and a long loop through Talladega and Carrollton to Macon. A dashed line runs south from Macon to Irwinville, where Jefferson Davis was captured.

Elevation Maps, Europe

North Macedonia Elevation Map

This North Macedonia topographic elevation map shows the landscape in 24 terraced elevation bands.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Netherlands Elevation Map

This Netherlands topographic elevation map shows the landscape in 24 terraced elevation bands.

Thematic Maps, USA

Mapped: Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign

Map of Sibley's 1862 New Mexico campaign showing the Confederate advance up the Rio Grande from Fort Bliss to Santa Fe, Union movements from Fort Craig and Fort Union, battles at Valverde, Apache Canyon, Glorieta Pass and Peralta, and the retreat through the mountains west of Fort Craig.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Montenegro Elevation Map

Montenegro Elevation Map

Elevation Maps, Europe

Moldova Elevation Map

Moldova Elevation Map

Elevation Maps, Europe

Malta Elevation Map

Malta Elevation Map

Elevation Maps, Europe

Luxembourg Elevation Map

Luxembourg Elevation Map

Elevation Maps, Europe

Lithuania Elevation Map

Lithuania Elevation Map

Thematic Maps, USA

The Earliest Sunset In The United States

Map of the United States colored by the clock time of each place's earliest sunset in winter 2026–27, from about 3:40 pm in northern Maine to about 6 pm in West Texas, with dashed lines showing that the date runs from late November in the south to mid-December in the north.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Liechtenstein Elevation Map

Liechtenstein Elevation Map

Thematic Maps, World

The Largest And Most Profitable Shipping Companies In The World

World map of the five largest container shipping companies. Five colored lines (gold for MSC, light blue for Maersk, red for CMA CGM, navy for COSCO and orange for Hapag-Lloyd) follow the main ocean trade lanes from Shanghai and Rotterdam. Each line bends through that company's hub ports, such as Gioia Tauro and Freeport for MSC, Malta and Kingston for CMA CGM, Piraeus and Chancay for COSCO, and Salalah and Algeciras for Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd. Thicker lines show more weekly services. Stars mark each company's headquarters, and a table ranks the companies by fleet capacity.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Latvia Elevation Map

Latvia Elevation Map

Thematic Maps, World

Mapped: Peak Coal Power, 2025: World Changes

Dark world map of coal power versus each country's record year. China, India, Indonesia, Russia and Turkey are orange, at or near record. Countries that have cut back are blue, paler for deeper cuts, with most of Europe palest.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Kosovo Elevation Map

Kosovo Elevation Map

Elevation Maps, Europe

Italy Elevation Map

Italy Elevation Map

Europe, Thematic Maps

Mapped: Car Ownership in Europe

Dark choropleth map of Europe on a charcoal background, showing passenger cars per 1,000 residents in each region in 2024. Italy, Finland and Poland glow dark red, Turkey, Kosovo and the western Balkans are pale cream, and Valle d'Aosta, Trento, Bolzano, Flevoland and Attica are shown in grey as likely fleet-registration hubs. The title, legend, a strip ranking all 39 countries and a chart of changes since 2019 sit in the right-hand column, with a car striped in the map's colors beside the title.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Ireland Elevation Map

Ireland Elevation Map

Thematic Maps, USA

America’s Exports, State by State: Who Buys, What Sells, Where It Goes, and How It’s Changed

Map of the 50 U.S. states colored by the country that bought the most of each state's goods in 2025, mostly Canada (red) and Mexico (green), with each state labeled by that country's share of its exports.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Iceland Elevation Map

Iceland Elevation Map

Thematic Maps, USA

Every Post Office: Mapping 165,000 U.S. Post Offices

Dark map of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, made of more than 165,000 glowing dots for every post office from 1639 to 2000. Orange dots for the earliest offices cluster in New England and along the Atlantic, and blue dots for later ones fill the West and Appalachia. Callouts mark Boston (1639), the oldest record, and Hinsdale, N.H., the oldest post office still in the same building.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Hungary Elevation Map

Hungary Elevation Map

Thematic Maps, USA

The Wettest Month in Every US County

County map of the United States, with Alaska and Hawaii as insets, colored by the month with the highest average precipitation, 1991–2020. Blues and teals for November through February cover the Pacific coast and much of Nevada, greens for May cover the southern Plains, golds for June cover the northern Plains and upper Midwest, oranges and reds for July and August cover Arizona and New Mexico, and diagonal stripes in a second color mark close-call counties, showing the runner-up month, especially across the East. Alaska is mostly reds, maroons and purples for August through October, and Hawaii is olive green for March.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Greece Elevation Map

Greece Elevation Map

Thematic Maps, USA

Tornadoes After Dark: Where They Strike at Night

Hexagon map of the lower 48 states shaded from pale gold to deep navy by the share of tornadoes that touched down at night from 1950 to 2022, darkest across Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri, with smaller hexagons where fewer tornadoes were recorded.

Elevation Maps, Europe

Germany Elevation Map

Germany Elevation Map

Thematic Maps, USA

Streight’s Raid, 1863: The Mule Brigade’s Doomed Ride Across North Alabama

Map of Streight's Raid, April–May 1863, tracing the Union brigade's route from Eastport, Mississippi, through Tuscumbia, Moulton, Day's Gap, Blountsville and Gadsden to its surrender near Cedar Bluff, Alabama, with Forrest's pursuit shown alongside, numbered events, and insets of the river approach and the final 30 hours.

Elevation Maps, Europe

France Elevation Map

France Elevation Map