If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Across the country, a new economic layer has quietly formed. Home chefs, resellers, barbers, street vendors, and pop-up ...

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map was initially printed the wrong way round – showing the Mediterranean to the East – but its inclusion in a Bible set a precedent which continues to shap ...

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

Wars, independence movements, and territorial disputes have continuously reshaped the world map. This video explores the most significant changes and their historical impact.

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

Intense cold can be dangerous for personal safety. Long stretches can also affect energy consumption, agriculture and ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters last week, joining a court battle that could help determine ...