Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

Take a tour with this world map, and learn how many cultures see ... block custom Google Maps so you may need to log in under a different or personal email address to see the map.

Oxford University Press recently published "The Oxford Map Companion: One Hundred Sources in World History," edited by UC Irvine historian Patricia Seed. It's more than 200 pages of maps along ...