Divided into fifteen volumes, this work covered Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific Ocean Archipelagos, and was sub-divided further into sections on geography, topography, water masses, atmosphere, biology, anthropology, and historical geography.
Podijeljeno u petnaest svezaka ovo je djelo pokrivalo Europu, Aziju, Afriku i tihooceanske arhipelage, te je bilo dalje razdijeljeno na poglavlja o geografiji, topografiji, vodenim masama, atmosferi, biologiji, antropologiji i historijskoj geografiji.