Of course, Europe doesn’t have a monopoly on monstrous maps. A massive dragon rings a 19th century Japanese map, the Jishin no ben . But if Here be dragons is only on one map, why do we think of ...

An old map believed to mark the spot where German soldiers hid treasure worth millions of euros during World War Two sparked the imagination of amateur treasure hunters in the Netherlands this week.

“He saw the world only as Europe, part of Asia and the northern coast of Africa,” said the SNK spokesperson for TASR. Maps and plans were highly common in everyday life by the 18th century. “They were ...

A first-of-its-kind map identifies more than 3.4 million acres of old-growth forests in 34 European countries -- considerably more than previously understood.

(A 500-year-old map used by Columbus reveals its secrets.) Putsch’s original map, a somewhat crude woodcut, became known by a variety of titles, including “Europa regina” (“Queen Europe”).

Only one older map has been found in Europe in Pavlov in the Czech Republic. This 25,000-year-old rock depicts a mountain, river and valleys from the region. It was not until 600BC that the first ...