Such maps can also help us see the past and present with fresh eyes. For example, any alternate history is not simply a point of divergence, followed by seat-of-the-pants conjecture.

Germany, one of the most historically and geographically diverse countries in Europe, is best understood through its maps.

Five Louisianan Franc Note The Republic of Louisiana became independent in 1849 during the convergent revolutions that swept Europe and the Americas in the mid-19th century.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: There’s wisdom in fables. Cataloging the ways Germany could have triumphed in the Atlantic is a venture in guesswork. It’s a matter of postulating what the ...

Maps have north at the top, ... Germany signs an armistice with Britain in early 1941, ... below is an alternate history map that looks like something out of The Economist magazine, ...

It is conceivable, for instance, that Imperial Germany may have won the Battle of the Atlantic—the U-boats’ effort to sever sea routes connecting beleaguered Great Britain with North America ...