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The Seven Continents

7 stops

A ground-level tour of Earth's seven continents, the spine every other page in this atlas hangs from.

Stop 1 of 7.
Continents

Africa, the cradle of the continents, spanning the Sahara to the Great Rift Valley.

Stop 2 of 7.
Continents

Asia, the largest continent, home to the Himalayas and the Yangtze.

Stop 3 of 7.
Continents

Europe, whose Mediterranean shore and Scandinavian peninsula bookend a continent of peninsulas.

Stop 4 of 7.
Continents

North America, stretching from the Arctic fringe down through the Caribbean arc.

Stop 5 of 7.
Continents

South America, where the Andes run the length of a continent that ends in Patagonia.

Stop 6 of 7.
Continents

Australia, the smallest continent and the anchor of the wider region of Oceania.

Stop 7 of 7.
Continents

Antarctica, the frozen continent at the trail's far end, mirrored by the Arctic region at the opposite pole.

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