Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World By Trevor Paglen 324 pages; Dutton The Gist: From Area 51 to the once-secret prisons of Afghanistan, there are certain ...

A map of the Mediterranean world that was created in 1500 by a Jewish cartographer has been acquired by the library of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Reform) here.

In the space of a week, at least 750 migrants are feared to have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Many thousands of others have risked their lives this year, fleeing conflict and instability ...

This week's Sea-Floor Sunday is a really nice synthesis map of bathymetry of the Mediterranean Sea. Click on the map below or here to go to the page where you can see more. This is a nice resource ...