One of the largest collections of maps on earth is in Milwaukee. With about 2 million different items, the American Geographical Sciences Library at UW-Milwaukee is a world-renowned repository.

A common perception of geography is that it mainly involves the memorization of capitals, rivers and countries, but in the CSUN geography department, students and faculty view the discipline in a ...

The most valuable piece of art in our house is a cheap, colorful map of the United States that hangs above our kitchen table. As a learning tool, it’s priceless. I hung it up when we moved from Texas ...

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To be named "world capital" of something is both a badge of honor, yet also something of a badge of shame, writer George Pendle tells NPR's Robert Siegel. It means your city revolves entirely around a ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t ...

Cartographer Robert Szucs uses satellite data to make stunning art that shows which oceans waterways empty into Shi En Kim - Reporter Ocean drainage basins of the ...

Welcome to the Geography Minefield! Get ready to test your map skills and challenge your knowledge of the world. In this quiz ...