In the past, maps were hand-drawn by using careful measurements of the ground. Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to ...

In a work known as the Geography, Ptolemy had explained how to map the world in degrees of latitude ... the discoveries of modern Europeans, all drawn according to the principles laid out in ...

At 69 years old, Jan Glazewski discovered buried treasure over 80 years old that belonged to his family, all thanks to a hand ...

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.

World leaders decided to complement the UN Charter with a road map to guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere. The document they considered, and which would later become the Universal ...