Maps of America have recently looked red and blue, but this one from British bookseller Geoff Sawers and his co-artist Bridget Hannigan is pure ink. Instead of outlines of states, this map, brought to ...

The 510-year-old map is the first to name America. A world map in the form of a set of gores for a terrestrial globe, from 1507 by cartographer Martin Waldseemueller is displayed at Christie's auction ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

The map seemed to be an unbelievable find, an unknown fifth original of the rarest of documents, a vision of the world, circa 1507, by famed German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. It features 12 ...