If you have ever found yourself asking what the name of the individual responsible for making the maps is, then the answer is ...

For millennia, maps have held talismanic powers, helping to form spatial concepts and advance exploration. They have shaped geopolitical ideas, triggered international disputes and created pictures of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Just like in journalism, the first thing one ...

Cartography is the art of drawing or making maps. Before we had satellites in the sky map making was more an art than a science.Charts, if you may, captured the imaginations of those who sailed the ...

If you want to claim a territory, it’s good to have a map to show what’s yours. Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University examines how maps were a ...