Because previous world maps depicted only Europe, Asia, and Africa, this discovery warranted a new map. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published one that included—and named ...

concluding that he had see a "fourth part" of the world, equivalent to Europe, Asia and Africa. From a painting by Gaston Save / Wikipedia Commons The map Ringmann and Waldseemüller (in a 1878-79 ...

Forests cover some 3.9 billion hectares (or 9.6 billion acres) which is approximately 30% of the world's land surface ... developed institutions" in Africa. Asia and the Pacific region accounts ...