Unlike the standard map of the world, designed in the 1500s, this new map doesn't distort Greenland to make it look the same size as Africa.

Maps are flat representations of our spherical planet. I cut open a plastic globe to understand just what it takes to turn a sphere into something flat: My struggle to make a flat map out of the ...

An Austrian collector has found what may be the oldest globe, dated 1504, to depict the New World, engraved with immaculate detail on two conjoined halves of ostrich eggs.

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

The New World on the ostrich egg globe, which bears three names: Washington Map Society Save Create your free profile or log in to save this article Aug. 23, 2013, 9:13 AM PDT ...