Mesyatsev Island was formed from Mesyatsev Cape around 1995 as water from a nearby glacier flowed toward the Arctic Ocean, ...

Early maps often charted constellations. They were painted onto cave walls or carved into stone. As people began to travel and explore more of the world, geographical maps started to come together.

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good ...

which evolved into today’s National Geographic Maps. As in the past, our cartographers continue to illustrate the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking. We adhere to this long ...

Maps help illuminate the relationships among ... In particular, they can show the importance of geography: the physical and cultural environments that influenced the music, from European capitals ...