Early maps of the Americas made by indigenous people are rare—extremely rare. This map, dated 1593, is one of fewer than 100 such documents that have survived the ravages of time. It provides a ...

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From migration to ecology, new knowledge makes new cartographic demands In May, as part of his campaign to annex Canada, President Donald Trump called the border with his neighbour an artificial line ...

Eric Sanderson spent the night as remnants of Hurricane Ida arrived over New York City in the same, sorry way as so many others. He waded through the flooded basement of his home on City Island in the ...

Denmark's prime minister warned Monday that any US move to take Greenland by force would destroy 80 years of transatlantic ...

Border conflict has roots in colonial maps and long-standing ‘sibling rivalry’ Thailand and Cambodia have been locked in a border dispute for more than a century, which exploded again in the summer of ...

In 1865, a man named John L. Moore bought a farm near Quincy, Illinois, and built a tower on it that gave him a view of the countryside for 30 miles in every direction. He also built a wine house ...

Marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, Kavita Puri tells the story of Britain's war against Japan in WWII. Kavita Puri introduces the story of Britain's war against Japan in WW2. 4 mins The other ...

Satellite imagery provides a unique perspective on our planet and can encompass a wide range of different scientific disciplines including climate change, weather, volcanic eruptions and even animal ...