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 ...

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.

From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps We now have the whole world in our hands, but how did we get here? Clive Thompson . July 2017. ... Almost none of Europe, ...