1856 The Physical Features of Europe and Asia

This is a map which is far more interesting than it might appear at first glance. The map features the Eurasian continent in its entirety, the British Isles, a portion of northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and numerous islands, all without the political borders which existed in the mid nineteenth century. The map was published in the 2nd edition of Johnston's Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena,  out of Edinburgh by William Blackwood & Sons in 1856. The map provides an enormous amount of topographical information regarding large swathes of the eastern hemisphere. While Johnston does name cities and  countries, he primarily focuses on physical topography in all its forms, including river systems, mountain chains, deserts, swamps, etc., and he designates names for regions based on their most prevalent topographic properties and characteristics. Some examples include Scandinavian Mountains, German Lowland, Sarmatian or East European Plain, Table Land of Iran or Persia, Plateau of