Five centuries ago, a single misprinted image in a German Bible quietly rewired how Europeans pictured the world and their ...

A set of mysterious grooves on a cave floor in France has turned out to be far more than abstract art. Archaeologists now ...

What if you could travel through time and watch history unfold, one era at a time? With TimeMap.org, you can do just that—no time machine required. This interactive history map lets you dive into the ...

Science: Ptolemy's 'Geography, ' c. AD 150 -- Exchange: Al-Idrīsī, AD 1154 -- Faith: Hereford 'Mappamundi, ' c. 1300 -- Empire: Kangnido World Map, 1402 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Sebastian C. Adams’s Chronological ...

Back when mapmaking was still a fledgling profession in the U.S., cartographers had a trick up their sleeves: they would insert fake towns into the maps they drew. Not to screw up travelers trying to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I love trying to figure out the age of old maps. If there’s a ...

Before satellite imagery and GPS, paper maps helped us navigate the world. Perhaps, not surprisingly many contained errors. What might surprise you is that some of those errors were intentional. In a ...

In 1502, as Europeans hungrily looked to the vast new continent across the Atlantic Ocean, innovative maps of these unfamiliar territories became objects of power and intrigue. Alberto Cantino, an ...