Map from National Geographic's 1963 first edition Atlas of the World Nat Geo Maps Show Big Changes Since First Atlas The world we're mapping in 2013 is a very different place than it was 50 years ago.

Maps have been a cornerstone of National Geographic since they were published in the first issue of the magazine, in October 1888. The year 1915 witnessed the founding of the Map Department, which ...

In August 1914, National Geographic magazine published a map of Europe and the Balkan States, subsequently to be the scene of one of the bloodiest conflicts in history—World War I. Editor in ...