OUR map of the world hasn’t changed much in centuries. It seems to be set in stone. The thing is, it’s not accurate. When this world map was charted in the 1600s according to the Mercator’s ...

who adds that the Macedonian “redrew the map of the world” by force, where his father had always tried diplomacy first. Crowned king of Macedon in 336 BCE at the age of 20, Alexander spent ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

Some social media users are saying that Alexander Gleason’s 19th Century “New Standard Map of the World” is proof that the earth is flat and that Antarctica is not a continent but an ice ...

The map enticingly depicts a new world that awaited maritime enterprise at a moment when Normandy had become the European centre of trade with Brazil and the East Indies. The Norman ports ...