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World map shows which countries were once neighbors

Imagine if Greenland bordered Portugal, Brazil no longer had a coastline, and Tibet suddenly lay by the sea. It sounds ...
BGR

Every World Map You've Seen Is Wrong - This Is What Maps Should Look Like

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it's round, not flat? True. But that isn't the point. See, the ...

35 Maps To Expand Your Knowledge Of The World

A map can take you on a journey, transporting you across continents and cultures all with a single glance. What started as a ...
Greek Reporter

First Map of Known World Created by Ancient Greek Anaximander

The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and ...
Time

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 ...
New Scientist

The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science

DURING a stay in Venice a few years ago, I spent time in the Correr Museum, soaking up the city’s history. Located in Saint Mark’s Square, the museum displays imposing statues, paintings of sea ...