An illustration from the 14th century Jami‛ al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din (https://warfare.x10host.com/Persia/14/Diez_Album-p59.htm). This piece is part of a series ...

For decades, it was little more than a vague reference in the accounts of explorers and travelers. A great route running east to west across the Gobi Desert, used for centuries by camel caravans, but ...

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

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 ...

Maps help us find, discover, and reach new places. Although the field of geography is focused on locations, it is also a ...

Procession on the occasion of a Durbar (audience) of the Mogul Emperor Akbar of India, which includes his sons, high Indian and British dignitaries, soldiers, elephants carrying the royal insignia ...