It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders ... and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe. For more information about the history of World War I, visit The National WWI Museum ...

On March 2 the New York Times followed suit: "There has lately been made in Europe one of the most remarkable discoveries in the history of cartography," its report read. Interest in the map grew.

Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine.

After much of Europe had been occupied by the Axis powers ... largest assault landings ever undertaken in the course of human history.

Key points Jewish life in Europe: Middle Ages - 1900s Map - The Jewish population in ... there was lots of diversity in terms of culture, language and history. When Hitler came to power in 1933 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists. In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of ...

Europe is the birthplace of western civilization and human development. But before it was as globally known as it is today, it already had a long, epic history. The continent birthed many emperors, ...

The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.