A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

In a sunlight-dappled room in UW-Madison’s Science Hall, between historical maps from around the planet, rests a world unlike ...

Bouvet Island is a tiny, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean which is known as the world's most remote ...