It's a problem that has plagued cartographers for centuries: How do you accurately represent a round world on a flat map? The most common world map used today, designed almost 450 years ago, is highly ...
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A set of mysterious grooves on a cave floor in France has turned out to be far more than abstract art. Archaeologists now argue that the engravings form the world’s oldest known three-dimensional map, ...
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 ring that ...
The world is not flat. You knew that — but if you believe most maps of the world, we live on a neat, flat rectangle. Greenland? Huge. South America? Average. None of that is true, of course. It's the ...
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Greenland: a crucial player in the Arctic chess game, where local culture meets global interests amidst changing climates.
It was a curious little book. When a few copies began resurfacing, in the 18th century, nobody knew what to make of it. One hundred and three pages long and written in Latin, it announced itself on ...
Stephanie Harris writes on Game Rant about Film, TV, and Video Games. She's am experienced content writer who always has a show on the go. Open-world games use geographic technology for stunning, ...
Martin Vargic, a student and self-titled “amateur graphic designer” from Slovakia, has compiled a satirical map of the world’s stereotypes that showcases “the most prevalent western stereotypes about ...