A study investigated the use of verbo-visual content in geography textbooks of various countries. Secondary school geography textbooks from Australia, Greece, Japan, Sweden, and the United States were examined. For each of the selected books, empirical data about the amount of texts, pictures, maps, and tables was gathered; contents were assessed; and the execution of texts, pictures, and layouts was assessed. Results indicated that: (1) Australian geography textbooks were of medium size and carried the largest amount of information; (2) Greek textbooks were rather small, carried a rather low amount of information, and had few maps and little text; (3) Japanese textbooks were the smallest, lots of text but few maps, and were the most cost-effective; (4) Swedish textbooks were rather large, had a lot of text structured by headings and subheadings, and had several maps but few large pictures; and (5) American textbooks were the largest but carried the least amount of information, had few maps and about the average number and average-sized pictures. (Thirteen tables of data are included; 29 references are attached.) (RS)