The Hereford Mappa Mundi, a massive early 14th-century map ... In 1513, Ottoman admiral and explorer Piri Reis included them on his world map, near the coast of Brazil. According to his notes ...

Early explorers were on guard against the strange and horrifying humanoids that they thought lived just beyond the known ...

The writer Hugh of Saint Victor once said that the world was shaped like Noah’s Ark! Dating back to 1280, the Hereford Mappa Mundi is the largest known medieval map in existence, measuring 158 cm by ...

Ukraine's situation in Kursk has deteriorated sharply in the last three days, open source maps show ... Andrew helps lead coverage of the world's largest country, whose political, economic ...

Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...