Works below are used for scenery and discoveries. Each image has been cropped, downscaled, and reduced to the game's color palette. Adaptations of works under a CC BY-SA license are released under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Inn with Backgammon Players • Egbert van Heemskerck • Public domain
- The Moneylender and His Wife • Quentin Matsys • Public domain
- North Gate, Carrickfergus (Picturesque Ireland, 1885, p. 118) • Unknown engraver, John Savage (editor) • Public domain
- Folio from a Divan of Hafiz • Unknown (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988.430) • Public domain
- The South East Prospect of London from the Tower to London Bridge • John Maurer (engraver), John Bowles (publisher) • Public domain
- The Handelskom at Bruges • Hendrik van Minderhout • Public domain
- Hamburg seen from the river Elbe • Elias Galli • Public domain
- Vue d'une partie du port et des quais de Bordeaux dits des Chartrons et de Bacalan • Pierre Lacour the Elder • Public domain
- View of a Southern Port • Adrien Manglard • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Reval • Ivan Aivazovsky • Public domain
- Dutch Ships off Tripoli • Reinier Nooms • Public domain
- Vista de Sevilla • Alonso Sánchez Coello (attributed) • Public domain
- Alexandria, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Algerii saracenorum urbis fortissimae, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Amstelredamum, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Anverpia, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Barcelona, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Candia, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Chios, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. IV • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Bilbao, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Septa, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Dantzigk (Gedanum), from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Famaugusta, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Genua, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Olisipo, sive ut pervetusta lapidum inscriptiones habent, Ulyssippo, vulgo Lisbona, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Lubeca, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Marseille, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Neapolis, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Riga die haupt Statt in Lifflandt, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. III • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Tunes urbs, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Venetia, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Hafnia, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. IV • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Caletum, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. V • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Visbia Gothorum, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. V • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Mina (São Jorge da Mina), from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. I • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Sibinium (Šibenik), from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Parens (Poreč), from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. II • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Catana (Catania), from Civitates Orbis Terrarum vol. V • Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg • Public domain
- Syra (Grèce) vue du Port • B. J. Baron • Public domain
- North Baltic Port • Willem van der Stoop (attributed) • Public domain
- South-east View of London in 1550, from Old and New London • Walter Thornbury • Public domain
- The Smaller Harbor, called the Porto di Ripetta • Giovanni Battista Piranesi • Public domain
- Havana, from Arnoldus Montanus, De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld (Atlas Van der Hagen) • Arnoldus Montanus; hand-coloured print • Public domain
- Fish Town at Bassau, Liberia • Robert K. Griffin, 1856 • Public domain
- Conquest of Rio Grande in Brazil, 1633 • Anonymous Dutch etching, 1649 to 1651 (Rijksmuseum) • CC0
- La città di Bansa, detta altrimenti S. Salvatore, capitale del regno del Congo, nell'Africa, 1766 • Unknown author • Public domain
- Two Large Sailing Vessels with Flags, plate 4 from Quelques Navieres • Reinier Zeeman • CC0
- Gathering Storm • Ivan Aivazovsky • Public domain
- Ship in Full Sail with Two Flags • Flemish, 16th century • Public domain
- Haringbuis zeilt huiswaarts • Adolf van der Laan, after Sieuwert van der Meulen • Public domain
- Barbarijse galeien, from Pierre Dan, Historie van Barbaryen • Jan Luyken • Public domain
- Venetian Fishing Boat • Félix Ziem • CC0
- Schepen op de rede van Batavia • Mathias de Sallieth, after Hendrik Kobell • CC0
- Four-master and Two Three-masters Anchored near a Fortified Island, from The Sailing Vessels • Frans Huys, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder • CC0
- Zeilschepen in de luwte (Sailing Ships in the Lee) • Anonymous Dutch etching, 1675 to 1761 (Rijksmuseum) • CC0
- Discovery of the Straits of Magellan in 1520 • After Oswald Walters Brierly • Public domain
- Bartholomew Diaz on His Voyage to the Cape • Frederick Whymper, 1887 (British Library) • Public domain
- Death of Sultan Bahadur in front of Diu, from the Akbarnama (detail, sea extended) • Lal, Mughal, c. 1590 to 1595 • Public domain
- Battle of Vyborg Bay (June 25, 1790) • Ivan Aivazovsky • Public domain
- Elizabeth I Watching Defeat of Spanish Armada • Unknown artist, 16th century • Public domain
- Brig Mercury after a Victory over Two Turkish Ships • Ivan Aivazovsky • Public domain
- The Landing of the Troops • Jacques Callot • CC0
- Escaping from the Burning Ship, from The Loss of the Kent East Indiaman • Unknown artist • Public domain
- Sunset. A Lone Sailboat • Ivan Aivazovsky • Public domain
- Calm Early Evening Sea • Ivan Aivazovsky • Public domain
- Stormy Sea with Many Ships • Adam Willaerts • Public domain
- Glass plasma globe • Slimsdizz at English Wikipedia • Public domain
- Lush green foliage over tropical forest and karst hills in Surat Thani, Thailand • Vyacheslav Argenberg • CC BY 4.0
- Jungle forest stream, Khlong Phanom, Thailand • Vyacheslav Argenberg • CC BY 4.0
- Jungle lake at the entrance to Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Cave, Palawan, Philippines • Vyacheslav Argenberg • CC BY 4.0
- Borneo rainforest • Dukeabruzzi • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Baltic amber Coleoptera Brentidae Apion 3 • Anders L. Damgaard • CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vulpes lagopus in Iceland (cropped 2) • Jonathan Pie • CC0
- Castor fiber - 1862 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ20400211 • Public domain
- Svensbergin kiviaita • Nr3 datacom • CC BY 4.0
- Flora Danica Supp 02 Tab 0064 • Flora Danica • Public domain
- The Curonian Spit • mubjob • CC0
- Moose (54202208294) • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region • Public domain
- Mytilus edulis - - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBAINV0274 076 01 0029 • Public domain
- 02023 Amber X-shaped pendant found in Szczecin Podzamcze, around 1050-1200 • Unknown author • CC0
- Ranunculus glacialis Atlas Alpenflora • Anton Hartinger • Public domain
- Aquila chrysaetos - Golden eagle • firma Jos. Scholz / anoniem • Public domain
- Spillings Silver Hoard 1 • W.carter • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Halichoerus gryphus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ21100149 • Public domain
- Grobiņas pilskalns. Skabārža kalns 04 • Evita wiki • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Harbor Porpoise Fjord Baelt Denmark (cropped) • Rene at da.wikipedia • Public domain
- Eketės piliakalnis • Topperis • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gokstadskipet - no-nb digifoto 20160715 00165 NB MIT FNR 18724 (cropped) • Jac Brun • Public domain
- Stora Alvaret, Öland 01 • Bernt Fransson • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vasa (1961) • SAS Scandinavian Airlines • Public domain
- Western Roe Deer 310737627 • CC0
- U123 Karlberg - KMB - 16001000020587 • Unknown author • Public domain
- SaduriaEntomonMain (cropped) • Kloderowski • CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tanum rock carvings Aspeberget flat rock • Public domain
- SFR b+w - wild boar • Unknown author • Public domain
- 1894 Antique German Chromolithograph of European Bison • Unknown author • Public domain
- Wolin. Centrum Slowian i Wikingow (13) • MOs810 • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ammotragus lervia 110535403 • Kevin Floyd (iNaturalist) • CC BY 4.0
- Bay laurel - Defne - Laurus nobilis • Zeynel Cebeci • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gold stater, Lydia, ca. 560–546 B.C. • Metropolitan Museum of Art • CC0
- British Museum Crystal Skull 26072013 02 • Vassil • CC0
- All Gizah Pyramids • Ricardo Liberato • CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hermann's Tortoise side view • Mayer Richard at English Wikipedia • CC BY-SA 3.0
- 135 Black-backed jackal hunting for food at Cape cross Photo by Giles Laurent • Giles Laurent • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli at the British Museum 001 • AndonicO • CC BY 2.5
- Hero Twins • Lacambalam (2014 painting after a Maya vase) • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sahara 3 • Wonker • CC BY 2.0
- Statue of Athena Parthenos from the Library of Pergamon, Pergamon Museum Berlin (8404207129) • Carole Raddato • CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stonehenge, Condado de Wiltshire, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 04 • Diego Delso • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alexander's Tomb, Const'ple, Constantinople Museum LCCN2004672857 • Library of Congress, Photochrom/PPOC • Public domain
- Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) • Alison Northup • CC BY 4.0
- Göbekli Tepe, Urfa • Teomancimit • CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gypsophila paniculata, from Flora Batava vol. 20 • Jan Kops et al. • Public domain
- Laburnum • Pixabay • CC0
- Athènes. Parthenon (photochrom, c. 1890) • Photoglob Co. • Public domain
- Rosetta Stone • Unknown • CC0
- Arched gallery within the Cyclopian wall of Tiryns • James Skene of Rubislaw • Public domain
- Reis - Sorte C roh • Sven Teschke • CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Parc Archéologique d'Ahouakro, Côte d'Ivoire • Jamix • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Akan Goldweights • Bambiwa • CC BY 4.0
- SenegalBaobab • Bernard bill5 • CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rubane • Mooonswimmer • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fouta Djallon (14582291826) • Maarten van der Bent • CC BY-SA 2.0
- Giant pangolin (Manis gigantea), Natural History Museum, London, Mammals Gallery • John Cummings • CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cabeza de rey (ciudad yoruba) • Unknown author • Public domain
- KachikallyCrocs • Niels Elgaard Larsen • CC BY-SA 4.0
- MiracleBerry • Hamale Lyman • Public domain
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve-108445 • Guy Debonnet • CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
- Vallée de Sitatunga 01 • BOKOSSA Aurele Rufu5 • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Potamogale velox, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London • Public domain
- Nomoli-British Museum (2) • John Atherton • CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pygmy hippopotamus hungry • Chuckupd at English Wikipedia • Public domain
- Saloum • Public domain
- Wassu 006 (46581289472) • John Crane • CC BY 2.0
- Bombax ceiba 254977599 • Ben Costamagna • CC BY 4.0
- Sungbo-eredo-photo • angiekake • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chimpanzé de Bossou 21 • Aboubacarkhoraa • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Timneh african grey parrot 31l07 • Snowmanradio • CC BY-SA 3.0
- African manatee at Coex Aquarium, South Korea • Gameraquai • CC0
- Matadi, Congo, pedra de Ielala, Diogo Cão • Victorcouto • Public domain
- Illustration of the Brontosaurus • Charles R. Knight • Public domain
- Aerial view of the Congo River near Kisangani • MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani • CC BY-SA 2.0
- Giant sable bull in Luando • Fnardin • CC0
- Kalandula waterfalls of the Lucala River in Malanje, Angola • Paulo César Santos • CC0
- Welwitschia mirabilis • Thomas Schoch • CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sossusvlei Dune, Namib Desert • Luca Galuzzi • CC BY-SA 2.5
- Twyfelfontein Rock Engraving, Namibia • Jean & Nathalie • CC BY 2.0
- Pachypodium namaquanum (Halfmens) • Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed) • Public domain
- View of Table Mountain from Signal Hill • Mike Peel • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Southern right whale • Michaël Catanzariti • Public domain
- Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, King Protea, Table Mountain • S Molteno • Public domain
- Wikimania 2018, Cape Town (1050602) • Matti Blume • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Antilope leucophaea (Buffon, Histoire naturelle, suppl. IV pl. LXIII) • Unknown engraver • Public domain
- Sideroxylon inerme, White Milkwood, Cape Town • Abu Shawka • Public domain
- General view of Blombos site • Vincent Mourre / Inrap • CC BY-SA 3.0
- A Male Quagga from Africa • Jacques-Laurent Agasse • Public domain
- Coelacanth off Pumula on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast • Bruce A.S. Henderson • CC BY 4.0
- Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) • Tewy • CC BY 2.5
- Eland figures in San rock art at Eland Cave • Josep M. Gracia • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ngwenya Mine • Heather Dowd • CC BY-SA 2.0
- Golden Rhinoceros, Mapungubwe Collection • Sian Tiley-Nel • CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dugong (Dugong dugon) • Gejuni • CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Bazaruto Island, east coast from the south • Bjørn Christian Tørrissen • CC BY-SA 3.0
- View of a portion of Kebrabasa Rapids (Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi, 1865) • David and Charles Livingstone • Public domain
- The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot • Thomas Baines • Public domain
- Rock painting at Mphunzi, Chongoni Rock Art Area • Malawi (Commons user) • Public domain