The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into ... the other a collection of historical narratives whose authors included Marco Polo and Christopher ...

Could ancient maps hold the key to lost civilizations and forgotten worlds? In this video, I’ll explore three mysterious maps that defy conventional history and challenge what we know about the ...

Britain and its Empire lost almost a million men during World War One; most of them died on the Western Front. Stretching 440 miles from the Swiss border to the North Sea, the line of trenches ...

Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine.

2007 Historic Centre of Florence - Map of the World Heritage property Clarification / adopted 2015 Historic Centre of Florence - maps of the inscribed minor boundary modification 2021 Historic Centre ...

The publication of the Nomination file, including the maps and names, does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning ...