A historical physical map of Iceland from 1928, obtained as a digital scan from the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Terrain heightfield data from GMTED2010 was used to displace the surface into a topological terrain representation, although the height of the terrain is not to scale with the 2D map representation, and has been exaggerated for artistic purposes.

A historical physical geological map of the United States of America (without Alaska) from 1983, obtained as a digital scan from the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Terrain heightfield data from GMTED2010 was used to displace the surface into a topological terrain representation, although the height of the terrain is not to scale with the 2D map representation, and has been exaggerated for artistic purposes.

A historical physical geological map of the European Alps from 1896, obtained as a digital scan from the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Terrain heightfield data from GMTED2010 was used to displace the surface into a topological terrain representation, although the height of the terrain is not to scale with the 2D map representation, and has been exaggerated for artistic purposes.

A historical topographic map of Spain and Portugal from 1967, obtained as a digital scan from the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Terrain heightfield data from GMTED2010 was used to displace the surface into a topological terrain representation, although the height of the terrain is not to scale with the 2D map representation, and has been exaggerated for artistic purposes.

A historical physical geological map of the British Isles from 1872, obtained as a digital scan from the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Terrain heightfield data from GMTED2010 was used to displace the surface into a topological terrain representation, although the height of the terrain is not to scale with the 2D map representation, and has been exaggerated for artistic purposes.

A historical topographic map of the Korean peninsula from 1967, obtained as a digital scan from the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Terrain heightfield data from GMTED2010 was used to displace the surface into a topological terrain representation, although the height of the terrain is not to scale with the 2D map representation, and has been exaggerated for artistic purposes.

A historical topographic map of Australia from 1967, obtained as a digital scan from the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Terrain heightfield data from GMTED2010 was used to displace the surface into a topological terrain representation, although the height of the terrain is not to scale with the 2D map representation, and has been exaggerated for artistic purposes.

A historical topographic map of the state of Alaska from 1927, obtained as a digital scan from the Atlas Of Places website.

Terrain heightfield data from GMTED2010 was used to displace the surface into a topological terrain representation, although the height of the terrain is not to scale with the 2D map representation, and has been exaggerated for artistic purposes.