Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage, sponsored by Spain, mistakenly led him to the Americas instead of Asia. This initiated ...
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A fascination with the world of maps

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 ...
Explore a future world map in 100 years! See how Europe, Russia, India, and the Americas could look in 2125 with shifting ...
Yiddishculture.co. is the latest project by sociologist and educator Adina Cimet, founder of the Educational Program on ...
Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old Australian, is the self-declared “president” of the “Free Republic of Verdis,” located on a patch of land in the Danube River between Croatia and Serbia.
Bush’s “Big Bang” theory of regional transformation, then Venezuela has become Trump’s test of hemispheric re-engineering.
Tony Abbott asks why Donald Trump is punishing India with tariffs when Modi is needed as an ally against Russia and China.
Historically inspired watchmakers' Kickstarter campaign enters its final week as fans support new timepiece that pays homage to one of the most important battles of WWII.
During the lesser-known 1943 Sobibor Uprising, several hundred Jews fled into the forests of Poland, where many were tracked down and shot. Fifty-eight Sobibor inmates survived the war Meilan Solly - ...
In Europe, and in the echo of Europe beyond the continent, Jews have supplied that emblem with unwearied regularity. In the interstices of the Middle East, Kurds have borne a similar symbolic freight.
Cristiano Ronaldo put Madeira on the global map as his success drew worldwide attention to the island’s charm and culture.
A new map of the empire's ancient land routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed ancient Roman road network, from ...