Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

In recent weeks, the drift in U.S. policy under Trump — marked by striking shifts in rhetoric and strategy around Ukraine — ...

An EU map depicting Greece’s eastern Aegean and Dodecanese islands as belonging to Turkey has sparked strong reactions in ...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for ...

The Insane Geography of the French Alps (3 Days Hike): <a href=" -- Subscribe to my Substack! <a href=" -- What if I told you that one of the most developed continents on Earth is home to a primeval ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...