A new chemical analysis of an apparent pre-Columbian map of North American islands supports its authenticity, researchers say. The Vinland Map was discovered in the 1950s and charts the layout of ...

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. See, the ...

It's either an original Norse map worth millions or a clever fake. Competing experts can't agree. The map charts the layout of Helluland, Markland and Vinland (now Newfoundland, Labrador and Baffin ...

The African Union (AU) has thrown its support behind a campaign to replace the 16th-century Mercator world map with one that more accurately reflects Africa’s true size. ・The African Union supports ...

The city of Seville awoke early, the old streets alive with singing birds and distant bells. The cobblestone alleys smelled faintly of hidden gardens. I’d flown here for a chance to hold a ...

Gotta be proud of that, right?! Umm ... A new world map created by comic website Doghouse Diaries highlights what each country around the world leads at. And the results are bound to raise a few ...

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their true proportions, ...

HarperCollins India to publish Navya Naveli Nanda & Samyak Chakrabarty’s new book The Map: A playbook to navigate the new ...