Have you ever wondered how America’s history is shaped by its geography?/.Explore the rich ancestry of the United States, ...

This map shows the non-Native American political borders of North America from 1750 (by which point most of the continent had been claimed by European colonial powers) through today. There are ...

The 510-year-old map is the first to name America. A world map in the form of a set of gores for a terrestrial globe, from 1507 by cartographer Martin Waldseemueller is displayed at Christie's ...

Panelists talked about a map made in 1507 by German mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller. It is considered one of the world's rarest maps and believed to be the first map to name America. They discussed ...

This map, circa 1721, is a guide to the trade war among Native Americans and European settlers in the early 18th Century. (From "A History of America in 100 Maps"/Courtesy of The British Library) ...

Sometimes called America's birth certificate, the map and accompanying 103-page Cosmographiae Introductio caused the hemisphere to be named for explorer Amerigo Vespucci instead of Christopher ...

Apple maps and Bing Maps have also changed the name to Gulf of America on their apps. Here's what to know about the recent switch and the names some people have given it using a new site by MapQuest.

But America is a complex nation with a long and fascinating history that could never be captured in a single frame. Here’s a glance at America’s past and present, in 70 maps. Table of Contents 1.