Next comes political and physical world maps, followed by 20 plates on the thematic world. This is where human geography is shown: population, health, migration, agriculture, ...

In just a few days, Mars will come within 36 million miles of Earth, closer than it has been for 15 years. As the red planet nears, we’re looking back at National Geographic’s cartographic ...

100 Years of National Geographic Maps: The Art and Science of Where. Since 1915, National Geographic cartographers have charted earth, seas, and skies in maps capable of evoking dreams.

Shortly after entering World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a radio “fireside chat” imploring Americans to “spread before you a map of the whole earth.” Methods, weapons, and ...

The National Geographic My World Personalized Map (see above) is a decent sized map (38-1/2" x 26-1/2") that arrives mounted and framed, ready to hang on your wall.

This article was originally published on Nov. 3, 2016. Our maps have been lying to us for centuries. The standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the Mercator projection, a ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

A thin box could hold flat double-sided maps of all the major objects in the solar system, or a stack of Earth maps giving physical and political data. The Winkle tripel is a map to hang on your wall.

Most of the world maps you’ve seen in your life are past their prime. The Mercator was devised by a Flemish cartographer in 1569. The Winkel Tripel, the map style favored by National Geographic ...

National Geographic maps have adorned classrooms for decades. And now students and teachers can print the National Geographic Society’s colorful wall maps off the Web.