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 ...

This large format full-colour map features World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage conservation programmes. It is available in English, ...

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 ...