This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good ...

Explore what the world’s new coastlines would look like. 8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now ...

Maps could show us the world in all new ways ... the way to create the golden era of what we now call “geographic information systems” (GIS), was what better could get us.