Who was behind the creation of the world map, the only one most of us seem to know? Through research, I discovered the ...

This year, the UCI Road World Championships makes its debut in Africa, with Kigali gifted the right to host the ...

While watching the news on TV, I asked my husband David if he knew where that certain place was located. I knew he would know ...

The site wplace, an online map of the world overlaid with 4 trillion pixels, is meant as a space where people "can paint and ...

Our first in-house map was produced during World War I. By the Second World War, the White House was asking for them by name.

The Mapparium exhibit is a visually stunning globe made of stained glass. It depicts a map of the world at the time of its ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in ...

A map of more than 300 historical signs helps trace the territory’s ever-changing artistic styles, fashions and cultural ...

FILE - Soldiers look at a world map as they wait to board a flight in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on the way home after completing a deployment in Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman, ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...