This 430-year-old world map, digitized for the first time, is "more than just a map!," according to historian David Rumsey.

An extremely rare and massive 16th-century map has been been fully assembled and digitized for the first time ever.

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately reflects the true size of Africa.

The largest known world map of its time—made of 60 individual sheets—can finally be seen as the mapmaker intended.

%22The World%27s Largest World Map%22 measured 88x94 feet%2C or 8%2C272 square feet The map was on two tennis courts inhabiting the old Tempe Beach Park Teacher B.G. Jones has been campaigning to ...