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

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 ...

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

Use this table to see how the video clips from BBC Bitesize for Teachers map to the Geography objectives of the National ...

The maps in the slideshow above represent an underappreciated form of American visual art: the pictorial map. They’re maps designed to draw you in and—as often as not—try to sell you something, ...

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 ...

Welcome to the Geography Minefield! Get ready to test your map skills and challenge your knowledge of the world. In this quiz ...

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 ...

Has anyone ever asked you whether New Zealand is part of Australia — or where exactly it sits on the world map?

Geography is the subject that contributes more than any other to young people’s knowledge of the world, writes David Lambert . In a book - Global Perspectives in the Geography Curriculum - he said a ...