The word "cosmography" isn't used much today, but educated readers in 1507 knew what it meant: the study of the known world ... of cartography," its report read. Interest in the map grew.

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Imagine waking up one morning to discover that a tiny reef in the middle of the ocean has suddenly become part of a nation’s ...

Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map ... New World. It included unpublished information on Portuguese trade routes and the ongoing discovery of the coastline of modern ...

The past 100 years have seen another world war and the rise and ... (Pull cursor to the right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 to see the modern map) ...