Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat? True. But that isn’t the point.

And yet here, in a book published in 1507, were references to a large world map that showed a new, fourth part of the world and called it America. The references were tantalizing, but for those ...

Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world map, carved into clay over 2,600 years ago, combines geography, mythology, and cosmology in a way that reflects both the intellect and imagination ...

Not to fear. A geographer has designed an interactive map of the most notable people around the world, including Sean Connery of Edinburgh and Barack Obama from Honolulu. “I made a map of the ...