Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map ... Europe is a continent. It is an area on the Earth that contains many different countries ...

Maps of different countries can be put together ... This one shows all the countries of the world, almost 200, including the UK. It shows all seven continents, Europe, Africa, North America ...

The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...