Before that momentous innovation, the mapmaker creating a world map drew on two resources in particular, neither of which was physically part of the earth: the sky above and his own imagination.

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 ...

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

History of drawing maps and the role they play in urban planning and design. ... In 600 BCE, the Babylonian World Map was created and is believed to be the first representation of the earth, ...

Some of their cartographic maps went on to change the world—but other maps wound up stirring up quite a bit of drama. We take ...

Some of their cartographic maps went on to change the world—but other maps wound up stirring up quite a bit of drama. We take a look at a few of of history’s most controversial maps below ...

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 ...

John Alsop Paine (January 14, 1840-July 24, 1912) was an archeologist and naturalist who drew the maps included in Sebastian Adams’s Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History. Paine ...

The map is part of OldMapsOnline, the internet’s largest portal for historical maps. With more than 500,000 map scans in its collection, it’s a treasure trove for history enthusiasts. TimeMap ...

A History of the World in 500 Maps. Christian Grataloup. A compelling mix of history and geography that tells the story of humanity from our beginnings in Africa to the present day in a series of ...

Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable. Syria’s cities are among the oldest in the world, but the concept of Syria as a country ...

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 ...