Grosvenor, National Geographic magazine’s founding editor, is credited with saying: A map is the greatest ... held mission by creating the world’s best wall maps, outdoor recreation maps ...

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 ...

This story appears in the September 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... from the rest of the world. Here in Germany the low mound is all that’s left of a wall that once stood some ...

This story appears in the April 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... then a ragged map of the world. The lake roared like a jet plane taking off and emitted a thick white plume of ...

Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine.

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... missions to create the February 1969 hand-­painted map—considered the best reference at the time.

Explore what the world’s new coastlines would look like. 8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now ...

"The Great Wall impresses everyone who sees it for the first time, from children to adults, from the general tourists to scholars,” says Henry Ng, the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s ...