Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

Cartography is cool. Where would we be without it as a species?

<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 ...

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across social media channels since at least 2020, from Instagram and Reddit to ...

Unknown Artist Mizantla Mexico, 1579. Watercolor and ink on paper22.8 x 16.5 in. Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at ...

Over the last decade sophisticated mapping has moved out of the realm of the world of pricey, complex Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and down to consumer level. I’m sure there are still some ...

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...

When Christopher Columbus first set foot in what's now the Bahamas, it was the lucky sum of a 1,400-year-old cartographical error and Columbus's own miscalculations ...