"100 vivid infographic maps reveal the astonishing wonders of the natural world"--Provided by the publisher.

Ancient history -- Empire of the woolly mammoth -- If every human who ever lived crowded into one place -- The spread of humans and the extinction of large mammals -- North America's supervolcanoes -- When the English Channel was a mighty river -- The rise and fall of Europe's forests -- Where bears once ruled in Italy -- Where wolves once ruled in Italy -- The retreat of the hunter-gatherer -- The advance of the farmer -- Out and about -- Follow your nose: the longest walk in a straight line -- Distribution of the great apes -- Not every giraffe looks alike -- Where Americans get their wilderness: the top 10 most visited US national parks -- Where cattle, sheep, or pigs outnumber people -- Where to see a giant panda outside China -- Which Americans go on wildlife-watching adventures? -- All the private gardens in the UK -- Where to live if you hate snakes -- Spoiler alert! Captain Ahab's fatal pursuit of Moby Dick, the Great White Whale -- The secret rivers of London -- How fast are you spinning? -- The watery world -- Imagine all the oceans as a single body of water -- The tiny creek that connects the Atlantic and Pacific -- Where the oceans get their water -- Point Nemo: the most remote place on Earth -- Lighthouses of Britain -- The soggiest places in North America -- Which is the wettest half of the year in North America? -- It's raining, but is it pouring? -- Level of water stress across North America -- Where it might snow on Christmas Day across North America -- Geography -- These spheres represent all the water and air on Earth -- How deep is the Earth? -- The middles of nowhere -- Which countries lie directly east and west of the Americas? -- What Antarctica looks like beneath the ice -- The nations with no sea view -- All the rivers in the world -- The surprisely few countries named after animals -- The hemisphere of water -- The hemisphere of land -- All the lakes in the world -- How the natural world flies its flag -- Here be dragons -- The state of land use -- Using and abusing nature -- How much arable land is there? -- The windy stretches that could help power the world -- The hotspots in Earth's crust that could help power the world -- The sunny places that could help power the world -- National treasures: the bigges|.