If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for ...

Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...

For more than a century, “Wabash” has been more than just a name on a map. It has become a cultural marker of the American ...

AMERICA HAS a long history of buying land: it acquired more than two-fifths of its current territory that way. But Donald Trump is the first president in more than a century to publicly call for ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Co-Host, "CBS Mornings" and "CBS Mornings Plus" Tony Dokoupil is a co-host of "CBS Mornings" and "CBS Mornings Plus." Dokoupil also anchors "The Uplift," a weekly series spotlighting positive and ...