These different map representations are called projections. Oh hello! I’m just working out where I am by using this world, er…globe to give it its proper name. A globe is a model of planet ...

The map is designed to be cut out and pasted onto a sphere to form a globe map of the world. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller created two maps, printed from engraved woodblocks ...

Joannes Schöner created this map of the Western Hemisphere in 1520. The German Schöner created globes out of wood, with his ...

A fascinating reworked world map reveals the most popular destination for a cruise for every country - and it's the Caribbean that's the globe's favourite place for a trip on a ship. The map is ...