And yet here, in a book published in 1507, were references to a large world map that showed a new, fourth part of the world and called it America. The references were tantalizing, but for those ...

Less than a month after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, U.S. troops—with support from British, Canadian, French, German and Australian forces—invaded Afghanistan to ...

Explore what the world’s new coastlines would look like. 8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now ...