A hiker and outdoorsman, Mr. Thomas as a child yearned for a world where nature ruled supreme. His map represents the “idealistic planet that I wanted,” Mr. Thomas, 34, said.

Alaska also seems comparable to Australia, yet it covers 4.4 times less area in real life. ... The AuthaGraph World Map was announced as the overall winner of Japan's prestigious Good Design Award.

Called the AuthaGraph, the result is a world map that looks a little different than most of us are used to. Seen in rectangular form, Antarctica is intact and at the bottom right. The Americas and ...

A map shows how dramatically out of kilter Australia’s heat is with the rest of the world, as another record breaking day beckons. New South Wales and South Australia are set to bake in ...

The French map that showed a new world In the early 1500s, a huge landmass was thought to exist south of Indonesia but it awaited exploration, writes Martin Woods . November 23, 2013 — 3.00am ...

Dramatic changes have been made to world maps as ice continues to melt around the Earth’s poles.. Cartographer Elena Field told Yahoo News Australia the alterations made to Antarctica and the ...

You’re going to need some double-sided tape. By Joshua Sokol Most of the world maps you’ve seen in your life are past their prime. The Mercator was devised by a Flemish cartographer in 1569 ...