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 ...

Explore the Sunderland Collection’s stunning maps and atlases, spanning European mapmakers from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas ...

While there are thankfully quite a few historic world maps still knocking around today, the Mappa Mundi kept in Hereford Cathedral is our top pick because it’s full of intricate details, large ...

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 ...

Confusingly, early Chinese maps seem to buck this trend. But, Brotton, says, even though they did have compasses at the time, that isn’t the reason that they placed north at the top.

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 When viewed as historical documents, most maps go far beyond portraying mere place.

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 ...

On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully so, considering its historical significance and imposing size (2.4m x 2.4m ...

Historical 4X strategy game Old World, created by ex Civilization designer Soren Johnson, gets new maps, items, and events in a free update. Ken Allsop Published: Sep 19, 2024 ...

The publication of the Nomination file, including the maps and names, does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning ...

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 ...