MELBOURNE, Australia — In July 2020, his universe shrunk to a two-bedroom apartment by a rattling train line, Anton Thomas pulled out an H pencil and opened a portal to the world. At once, his days of ...

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

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LEGO’s largest set ever is about to hit shelves. On Tuesday, the toymaker unveiled its World Map, which has 11,695 2D LEGO tiles. According to an announcement from LEGO, the World Map "contains the ...

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A World Map With No National Borders and 1,642 Animals A self-taught artist-cartographer and outdoorsman spent three years on an obsessive labor of love with few parallels. By Natasha Frost Reporting ...