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." ...

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 ...

A colour-coded map has revealed the dream career ... map has revealed the most popular jobs around the world - and being a pilot is the globe's number one dream job in 2025. On the map, countries ...

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 ...