Throughout history, powerful leaders have shaped the world through conquest, often leaving a legacy of both transformation ...

What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...

Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine.

World leaders decided to complement the UN Charter with a road map to guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere. The document they considered, and which would later become the Universal ...

The geographical material of the map is contained within ... are around 500 drawings of the history of humankind and the marvels of the natural world, including some 420 cities and towns, 15 ...