This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good ...

The year 1915 witnessed the founding of the Map Department, which evolved into today’s National Geographic Maps. As in the past, our cartographers continue to illustrate the world around us ...

AFP PHOTO / ENRIC SALA / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRISTINE SEAS PARIS — Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...