While history books detail past events that shaped the world, historic maps literally show us how the world as we know it ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

Say you want to see how the world is faring when it comes to biodiversity and ecosystem protection. Is it progressing fast ...

Rhys B Davies/Matt Brown/Illustrated by Mike Hall After two years of research thousands of the most notable fictional locations around the world have ... to look at railway maps and see what ...

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