The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

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And AuthaGraph aims to provide a map where each of these interests is more accurately understood and represented on the globe. So, if you'd like to educate yourself on what the world actually ...

Some social media users are saying that Alexander Gleason’s 19th Century “New Standard Map of the World” is proof that the earth is flat and that Antarctica is not a continent but an ice ...

From space, the Earth looks like a ball. Find out how the world is mapped with this year 5/6 BBC Bitesize geography guide.

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A new interactive map highlights the most notable people to hail from cities and nations around the globe, from Afghanistan to Zanzibar. “Did you know Freddie Mercury was ...

In the main hall of the hands-on science exhibits at the Cape Town Science Center in South Africa, a lifeless, tattered globe stands under naked fluorescent bulbs, all but ignored by children ...

A Belgian map collector has discovered what he claims is the oldest globe depicting the New World—but some are skeptical.