Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas by Battista Agnese, included wind heads—illustrations of human faces with puffed cheeks to indicate wind directions. Initially ...

More than structural necessities, these endpapers serve as prime real estate for maps, engravings and illustrations, particularly in children’s books. The end of A.A. Milne’s The World of Pooh ...

But it would definitely make us poorer. Public concerns about migration have also been voiced by media figures like Peter Fegan, an Australian radio host, who questioned how the country could ...