On January 1, 1914, the first scheduled passenger flights began soaring through the skies between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida. With the dawn of civil air travel came the need for airlines to ...

The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

This fascinating new exhibition in London reveals the multitude of ways that maps have been used to both explain and manipulate the world, from across the centuries ...

User-Created Clip by tgrane November 12, 2018 2018-10-06T21:07:57-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/44c/20181006210919002_hd.jpgNew Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore talked about different examples of historic interpretations of the world. She explored various examples of maps ...