The map showing the two hemispheres of the world in the Hunterian collection was designed for the Second Qing Emperor of China, Kangxi (1662-1722) by the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-88 ...

Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation ... When comparing the size of this South American country (8,515,767 sq km) to the entire continent of Europe, which spans a large portion ...

The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...