Enthusiasts of nostalgia and history often find themselves captivated by old maps and travel posters. These artifacts not ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

For over five centuries, a single version of the world map has shaped our perception of geography. The Mercator projection, ...

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across social media channels since at least 2020, from Instagram and Reddit to ...

She transformed the New York Public Library’s collection of charts and atlases into one of the world’s largest and most accessible resources. By Sam Roberts Alice Hudson, who, after enrolling in a ...

2008 Map “Historic Cairo”, A3, scale 1:50000 showing in black the boundary of component 089-001 and in yellow its buffer zone. Clarification / adopted 2008 Map “Al-Fustat”, A3, scale 1:2500, ...