Recent headlines have drawn attention to naming conventions and mapping technology. But maps have always been political, ...

The Swiss canton of Glarus has voted this way since medieval times—with the goal to find a solution that's “a little bit OK ...

On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, yield new insights into the full scope of Japan's battle plans for the day ...

Set against the towering backdrop of Volcán de Agua, the city of Antigua, Guatemala, is a colorful collection of church steeples, historic buildings, and colonial-style homes. Founded by Spanish ...

A 1985 study of mental world maps found that geographers had the same ... Betsy Mason and Greg Miller are authors of the illustrated book from National Geographic, All Over the Map. Related Topics.

The digital and freely accessible historical geography application PERIPLUS, which has been operating since May 2024 in the cyberspace of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), has ...

Political Geography and the World Map Reviewed by Henry L. Roberts January 1956 Published on January 1, 1956 . Share & Download . Print Subscribe to unlock this feature or Sign in. Save Sign in and ...

Jeff Kerby didn’t know he was looking for an Arctic poppy when he, fellow National Geographic Explorer Brian Buma and a team of researchers climbed to the top of the world to photograph it. “I ...

These manipulated photos are the original political deepfakes. Long before artificial intelligence, photographers altered images to burnish the reputations of politicians—from Lincoln to Stalin.

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 ...