The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century BCE onto a small clay tablet measuring just 4.8 by 3.2 inches. It depicts the world from the Babylonians’ point of view and is ...

Kids from around the world submit hand-drawn maps for International Cartographic Association contest The world seen through a child’s eyes can be beautiful and unexpected. So, it stands to reason that ...

The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

Chicago: With people possessing more tools than ever to help get them where they want to go -from the internet to global positioning systems (GPS) for cars - an upcoming Field Museum exhibit will ...