In a fascinating exposé, a visual campaign reveals that the familiar world map we all grew up with is more illusion than fact ...

A 1985 study of mental world maps found that geographers had the same misconceptions of the relative latitude of cities in North America and Europe as everyone else. Cartographers aren’t immune ...

From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America.

The earliest known map dates back to 600 BC, etched onto clay tablets, while the first world map was crafted by Greek scholar Anaximander in the 6th century BC.. Maps provide us with a way to ...