Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

A breakdown of some of the most unusual and fascinating international borders in the world, explaining what makes them unique ...

Brazil has launched a new world map that places the South American nation at the center of the world, challenging traditional Eurocentric perspectives. Released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography ...

From a small island in the Venetian lagoon, a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world. On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map ...

It was a curious little book. When a few copies began resurfacing, in the 18th century, nobody knew what to make of it. One hundred and three pages long and written in Latin, it announced itself on ...

A wave of bestselling authors claim that global affairs are still ultimately governed by the immutable facts of geography – mountains, oceans, rivers, resources. But the world has changed more than ...

Welcome to ‘A’ to ‘Z’ World Geography Quiz! 🌍There are 26 letters in the alphabet, and this quiz features 26 questions, each ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you have gone through the Previous Year Paper’s of the UPSC Civil Service Exam, you would have noticed at least one map-based question asked each year. In some years the number can go up to 3 which ...

Let's face it: Americans have a bad reputation when it comes to knowing a thing or two about the world around them. One year ago, on an international test designed by the Organization for Economic ...