Amateur history buffs can tap into the 'Historical imagery' feature on Google Earth and check out imagery dating back to the World War II era in some of the world’s largest cities.

A map pinpointing hundreds of homicides in 14th-century England could help teach medieval history. By Isabella Kwai A spice merchant stabbed by a fruit seller over a longstanding feud. A street ...

Delve into one of the most popular and cliché alternate history maps ever imagined. Alternate history has long fascinated ...

Viking, $40 (544p) ISBN 978-0-670-02339-4 In an era when Google Maps is regarded as a standard convenience, this history of 12 epoch-defining maps—including Google’s—is a revelation.

Claudius Ptolemy, World Map, 150 AD Al-Sharif al-Idrisi, World Map, 1154 Richard of Haldingham, Mappa-mundi, 1300 The Yu Ji Tu, 1137 Martin Waldseemüller’s Universal Cosmography, 1507 ...