Explore the unfolding history of Asia through a detailed political and relief map, highlighting key events and geographical ...

The Composite Map of the Ming Empire (Da Ming Hunyi Tu) reflects the political situation in AD 1389 but was likely painted much later. Original Chinese labels were later covered with Manchu on paper ...

In a study published in the Journal of Historical Geography, researchers Dr. Chris McCarthy and his colleagues have ...

About the book: This book illustrates the first connection between the map user community and the developers of digital map processing technologies by providing several applications, challenges, and ...

When Christopher Columbus first set foot in what's now the Bahamas, it was the lucky sum of a 1,400-year-old cartographical error and Columbus's own miscalculations ...

The geopolitical impact of the Arab states on the trajectory of Asian history was enormous: it swept away old states and tribes, and brought to power new ones. This piece is part of a series of ...