Do maps distort our view of the world?

William Rankin’s ‘Radical Cartography’ makes a powerful case against mainstream mapmaking’s creation of an orderly, objective ...

10 most memorable open world maps

Thanks to its mythology, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim not only presents a colossal map, but also an equally rich lore. You can ...
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World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...
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A history of the world in twelve maps / Jerry Brotton

Science: Ptolemy's 'Geography, ' c. AD 150 -- Exchange: Al-Idrīsī, AD 1154 -- Faith: Hereford 'Mappamundi, ' c. 1300 -- Empire: Kangnido World Map, 1402 ...
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Google Maps Is the World's Number 1 Navigation App, and These Numbers Prove It

They say Google Maps is losing its focus with features that push it away from the straightforward and convenient navigation approach it offered a few years ago, but despite the criticism, the app's ...

Maps don’t show Greenland’s true size. Here’s how big it actually is.

The world's largest island has its own system of fjords, lakes and black-sand beaches. What to know about the size of the ...
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A History of the World in Twelve Maps

<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 ...