The yacht Fraternidade has crossed the Bering Sea to reach the Aleutian Islands, Ivan Krott, the head of the Omsk department of the Russian Geographical Society, said ...

A New History of the World at War: 1914” details how colonial powers sought land grabs and new weaponry gave them increased fire power.

Just as the Greek cities in the Mediterranean did over two thousand years ago, today the United States and China are seeking to control the sea lanes. Europe is watching the ships go by.

In Alaska’s seas, herring reveal a hidden story: genetic divides so sharp they hint at the birth of a new species, with the ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

An early 20th century world map using the Mercator projection, which critics say exaggerates the size of regions near the poles like Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America. African ...

We've had mere glimpses at the Silent Hill f map so far, even as Konami and developer NeoBards Entertainment has shown off increasingly more of its upcoming horror game. Maps have long been a ...

"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most geography-class walls.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...