Provides an overview of important historical events or periods in world history. This volume focuses on the important dates in history during the age of discoveries in geography.

Traces the history of the state of Texas through sixty-four detailed maps from the earliest sixteenth-century maps of New Spain to the twenty-first century; and includes narratives of Spanish exploration and settlement, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Mexican Wars.

An exploration of the geographical features of Texas.

Examines the land formations, climate, and natural resources unique to each of the four geographic regions of Texas.

Explores the beauty of South Africa, from Table Mountain near Cape Town to the dry veldt in the north.

Contains three-dimensional computer-generated maps and over 1,000 photographs, illustrations, and diagrams.

Describes the cultures of Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Guatemala and gives instructions for projects that introduce local crafts of each country.

Information--current and historic--is presented in 56 pages of detailed maps.

Satellite pictures reveal some of the most striking features of the American landscape.