This article was originally published with the title “ History of Map making and Topography ” in SA Supplements Vol. 64 No. 1651supp (August 1907), p. 116 doi:10.1038 ...

This article was originally published with the title “ History of Map making and Topography.—II ” in SA Supplements Vol. 64 No. 1652supp (August 1907), p. 132 doi:10.1038 ...

The history of map-making is full of educated guesses. As late as the 19th century Africa and Australia contained vast, unexplored interiors. Cartographers often used experience and logic to infer ...

We speak with author and map collector Simon Garfield about his latest book, "On The Map: A Mind Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks," which charts the history of map making and the ...

The map, they wrote, would allow for “the more playne manifest and direct understondying” of the situation. Maps, says Rose Mitchell, a map archivist at the National Archives of the U.K., were ...

THE subject of map projections is one in which the English language is strangely deficient, a deficiency the more apparent when contrasted with the wealth of Continental literature on the subject.

Titled “Mercator Map of the World United: A Pictorial History of Transport and Communications and Paths to Permanent Peace,” Chase’s map posits peace and world government as the natural ...

Tabs at the top of the map let you filter your exploration by regions, rulers, people, and even battles, making it easy to focus on what interests you most. Image source: Timemap.org ...