Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Name a place that travelers really want to visit and chances are Michael Marsh has been there. In fact, he has been all over the world, and he has the pictures to prove it. ...

The maps of the world you’ve been looking at all your life are wrong and should be replaced, according to a group promoting a new map that more accurately shows Africa as the second largest continent.

My fascination with maps began during my grade school days when I became obsessed with reading historical fiction books and books about other countries. This led me to try to locate other countries ...

You might think you know all of Earth’s continents, but there’s one that has remained hidden for millions of years. Zealandia, a massive landmass mostly submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, ...

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...