If ‘ World War III ’ did break out, however, some parts of the world are likely to avoid the brunt. Here we take a closer look at where might be a sensible place to hide out.

In the end, Thomas included 1,642 species — but no humans. "It's a physical world map with no international borders, no cities, really very little sign of humanity at all," he said.

Read Story Transcript An extremely rare and massive 16th-century map has been been fully assembled and digitized for the first time ever. "It's the largest map of the world made during the ...