This fascinating new exhibition in London reveals the multitude of ways that maps have been used to both explain and manipulate the world, from across the centuries to the present day Robert Dudley’s ...

The 1660 Klencke Atlas is among the world’s biggest books, measuring nearly six feet by seven and a half feet when open. So when the British Library digitized the towering tome, it required several ...

These quasi works of art offer a window into often-hidden aspects of history Simon Heffer is an author, historian and biographer. He also writes about politics and cricket for The Telegraph and is the ...

Preserved in the British Library in London is a wonderful 18th-century map of Spanish Manila. It provides an extraordinarily detailed rendering of the area inside (Intra-) the walls (Muros). When I ...