In the last third of the 16th century, the Spanish crown set in motion a project to obtain a complete map of the New World. The method thought up for this was to use surveys, known as Relaciones ...

This article, originally published on Sept. 25, 2017, has been updated to reflect Clery geography changes. The school year has just barely begun for many colleges and universities, but campus ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore talked about different examples of historic interpretations of the world. She explored various examples of maps ...

This fascinating new exhibition in London reveals the multitude of ways that maps have been used to both explain and manipulate the world, from across the centuries to the present day Robert Dudley’s ...