A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according ...

Europe looks pretty different now than it did in the early 1990s. ... There is a surprising abundance of old maps you can explore, and you can even set transparency to see the old map in context.

The Literary Museum of the Slovak National Library (SNK) in Martin showed a collection of maps and graphic representations of Europe and Slovakia from the 15th to 18th century. “The exhibition shows ...

(A 500-year-old map used by Columbus reveals its secrets.) Putsch’s original map, a somewhat crude woodcut, became known by a variety of titles, including “Europa regina” (“Queen Europe”).

Only one older map has been found in Europe in Pavlov in the Czech Republic. This 25,000-year-old rock depicts a mountain, river and valleys from the region. It was not until 600BC that the first ...

Of course, Europe doesn’t have a monopoly on monstrous maps. A massive dragon rings a 19th century Japanese map, the Jishin no ben . But if Here be dragons is only on one map, why do we think of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said an old map proves Ukraine isn't a real country. But the document in fact shows the area near Kyiv labeled as "Ukraine." Putin has cited his much-criticized ...

An old map believed to mark the spot where German soldiers hid treasure worth millions of euros during World War Two sparked the imagination of amateur treasure hunters in the Netherlands this week.