Long before satellites and Google, cartographers traced out maps of the world, some with errors that persisted for hundreds of years. In "The Phantom Atlas," author Edward Brooke-Hitching compiles ...

Think of Old Maps Online as a ... It’s just a world map with a slider you can move to see the borders at different times in history. It’s like Google Maps for history—you can set a year and ...

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The large map of the world on the floor of Terminal 1 at the old Salt Lake City International Airport in 2012. The map dates back to 1961.

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map.

Archaeologists have unveiled what is believed to be the world’s oldest 3D map, an astonishing relic from the Paleolithic era ...

The world's oldest known map, dating back over 3,000 years, has been discovered in the France, offering a rare glimpse into ancient territorial boundaries.

Last spring, a 23-year-old woman was driving her car through the Ontario town of Tobermory. It was unfamiliar territory for her, so she was dutifully following her GPS. Indeed, she was so intent ...

Newly uncovered text opens a time capsule of one of history’s most influential maps. Previously hidden text on a 500-year old map reveals new clues about the cartographer’s sources and its ...

Volmer is talking about the world map that used to be on the floor of the old Terminal 1. "Meet me at the world map" was a common phrase for loved ones to find each other at the airport.

I’d flown here for a chance to hold a 480-year-old map in my hand. The archive’s curators had given me no guarantees but said that I could come, in person, to make the request.