Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

Perspective is everything, but these curious maps might give a whole new approach to the weird and wonderful world that we ...

I still think we need more education in geography in this country. So many people can't identify obscure, and sometimes not obscure, countries, let alone show you where they are located on a globe. So ...

One of the largest collections of maps on earth is in Milwaukee. With about 2 million different items, the American ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t ...

Then you might be a maphead, says trivia buff Ken Jennings. "If there's a map on the wall of the room, people like us just cannot turn away," he tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. "There's just something ...

To be named "world capital" of something is both a badge of honor, yet also something of a badge of shame, writer George Pendle tells NPR's Robert Siegel. It means your city revolves entirely around a ...

NAOMI: Oh no! Careful you don't get wet! Most of our planet, Earth, is covered in saltwater. In fact, there's more water than land on the Earth's surface. We call these areas of saltwater oceans. The ...

MODERN science has changed the size and shape of the earth. Time is the measure of its distances and routes the framework of its shape. London is nearer to New York' than to Kashgar, and the Pacific ...