Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

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A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

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As the holidays approach, The Map Center is inviting shoppers to explore the world in new and imaginative ways.

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Maps have a way of distorting our perception of the world. But AuthaGraph is trying to bring us back to reality with a new map that accurately depicts the size of continents in comparison to each ...