TimeMap.org is hosted by OldMapsOnline, which describes itself as the internet’s “largest portal for historical maps.” It boasts more than 500,000 map scans, which are loaded into TimeMap ...

Beyond the usual travel bucket lists lie hidden gems that once shaped the course of civilizations. This guide uncovers 7 ...

In A History of the World in Twelve Maps, Jerry Brotton examines the construction of a dozen world maps — from ancient history to the satellite images of Google Earth — and how they influenced ...

The world map is not permanent, and place and country names change over time, as does the terrain. ' Timemap ' combines a world map with a timeline, and by manipulating the timeline you can look ...

Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas by Battista Agnese, included wind heads—illustrations of human faces with puffed cheeks to indicate wind directions.

This map changed how the world saw itself. Library of Congress/Public Domain. What’s in a map? When viewed as historical documents, most maps go far beyond portraying mere place.

In his new book, “A History of the World in 12 Maps,” Jerry Brotton looks at twelve examples of mapmaking from the last 2,000 years.The first known world map was inscribed into clay tablets in ...

Maps could change the way people understood the world around them. In the 1880s, the social reformer Charles Booth produced a moral map of London, with houses color-coded by income and—in Booth ...

This interactive map explores the complex and surprising evolution of Auschwitz, the scene of one of the worst crimes in human history. This was where more than a million men, women and children ...