In 1450, Venetian monk Fra Mauro created what cartography experts say may be the first known “modern” world map. Two hundred fifty years later, a copy was made that now resides in the ...

The world map of today also takes us back to a time when humans were in a race of exploration, altering the boundaries of nation-states. In its visual form, we see the world as a whole, we explore ...

Image ContributorThe SFS will see a reimagined Map of the Modern World class next semester. *Updated at 3:48 p.m. on Sept. 22.* The School of Foreign Service Curriculum Committee was presented with ...

If the geopolitical divisions of the modern world had existed when Stegosauruses roamed the earth, the world might have looked something like this map by Italian blogger Massimo Pietrobon ...

In Math 2404, students use modern approaches to geometry in order to study gerrymandering and to analyze how maps are made. In Math 3404: Advanced Topics in Geometry , they worked on deeper versions ...

This Atlas of Art and Memory Is a Wonder of the Modern World With nearly 1,000 images, Aby Warburg’s radical form of visual study is also an artwork itself. Now you can see it online.

THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology Simon Winchester, . . HarperCollins, $25 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-06-019361-4 ...