Old maps can hide incredible secrets including a mysterious “sea” that once showed up in America. And Scotland? It has a bizarre straight gap running right through the middle. In this compilation, we ...

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 ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World. The “Visscher Map of the New World” including North and South America, 1658. A ...

Preface. Introducing the social life of American maps -- Part One. American mapworks. The artisanal map, 1750-1815 : workshops and shopkeepers from Lewis Evans to Samuel Lewis -- The manufactured map, ...