These different map representations are called projections. Oh hello! I’m just working out where I am by using this world, er…globe to give it its proper name. A globe is a model of planet ...

The word "cosmography" isn't used much today, but educated readers in 1507 knew what it meant: the study of the known world ... The globe, certainly, I have limited in size. But the map is larger." ...

To overcome the issue of a world map displaying extremely small on our ... [Nerd note: an orthographic projection depicts a hemisphere of the globe as it appears from outer space, where exactly ...

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 ...