In the last third of the 16th century, the Spanish crown set in motion a project to obtain a complete map of the New World. The method thought up for this was to use surveys, known as Relaciones ...

Created by the mastermind behind ‘Very Useful Maps’, these images are not your regular markers of geographic areas.

On January 1, 1914, the first scheduled passenger flights began soaring through the skies between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida. With the dawn of civil air travel came the need for airlines to ...

This article, originally published on Sept. 25, 2017, has been updated to reflect Clery geography changes. The school year has just barely begun for many colleges and universities, but campus ...

The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

Maps, although seemingly objective representations of the world, hold immense power. They shape our understanding of space, navigate our journeys and define political boundaries. But beneath the ...

You probably think you know what a map is. And chances are, you’re not totally wrong. Yes, maps are visual representations of how to get from A to B, but if you ask John Hessler, they’re more complex ...

This fascinating new exhibition in London reveals the multitude of ways that maps have been used to both explain and manipulate the world, from across the centuries to the present day Robert Dudley’s ...