Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas by Battista Agnese, included wind heads—illustrations of human faces with puffed cheeks to indicate wind directions. Initially ...

This interactive history map lets you dive into the past ... It’s like a digital atlas of world history. Using a timeline slider, you can zoom back to any year between 4000 BCE and 2010.

Because previous world maps depicted only Europe, Asia, and Africa, this discovery warranted a new map. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published one that included—and named ...

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented ... The data helped the team further refine maps of tectonic boundaries and ocean currents near coastal areas.

“Because information about the world’s ecosystems is very fragmented ... with specific agencies who are custodians of ecosystem maps. That’s why we also work with governments because ...