In a sunlight-dappled room in UW-Madison’s Science Hall, between historical maps from around the planet, rests a world unlike ...

In the 700s, as Iberia fell to the Moors, Christians fled. Did they find a new home on Antillia, a mythical island in the ...

Madrid’s role as centre of a once vast maritime realm has eternally linked it with the sea in many forms: museums, food, ...

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

The history of the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus is rich, diverse, and full of thriving civilizations ...

The European colonization of the Americas was one of the most transformative eras in history, reshaping continents, cultures, ...