With information on capitals, years of independence, political developments, and other details on each country, the map below features the array of life that is South America.

A team of researchers has complied a comprehensive list of all known plants that take root throughout North and South America, shedding light on plant diversity and patterns across the two continents.

The first of three maps “visualizing the progress of President-Elect Herbert Hoover around South America appears this week in TIME. The Hoover Odyssey is chronicled in National Affairs.