Africa, South of the Sahara
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html
Subject access to information on the continent is offered under Topics, with 35 categories ranging from major academic and cultural fields (art, politics, religion, and literature) to
listings of book dealers specializing in Africana, development discussion groups, student organizations, and libraries and archives.

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
Site may be searched by alphabet or category.

The Bucknell Russian Program
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/
Site is a gateway to materials useful for students of Russia.

CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
This site provides Quick facts on countries of the world and is compiled annually by the CIA for the use of U.S. Government officials.  Facts cover such topics as geography, political conditions, populations, land, and industries.  Includes appendix of acronyms and definitions. 

Color Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Home page links to each of the 50 states, to U.S. maps, to background information about those maps, to an elevation key for the relief maps, etc.

Country Reports.org
http://www.countryreports.org/
This site profiles the nations of the world and includes maps, flags and national anthems.  Also included are thousands of pages of text written about these nations.

Geography
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html 
Site contains a Table of Contents with links to sites from Africa to Volcanos.

Geography Network
http://www.geographynetwork.com/
Site links to Maps, Data, Geo Services, Solutions, Community, etc.

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
Site links to other sites by both a chronological and topical basis. 

How Far Is It?
http://www.indo.com/distance/
This site allows you to calculate the distance (as the crow flies) between two places.  Very few places outside the United States are included.

Library Of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area
Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.

Map History / History of Cartography
http://www.maphistory.info
Site contains worthwhile information about early maps, directly or indirectly. On the 100 pages you will find comment and guidance, and links - selected for relevance and quality.

Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Site offers selective, by the Library of Congress, links about nations.