The first map of the United States drawn and printed in America by an American was ... the 18th century," says Edward Redmond, the library's curator of geography and maps. In a flourish, Buell ...

Given this truism, it's no wonder that the populations of America's so-called superstar cities have stagnated while the Sun Belt's metropolitan areas have boomed. When a city — or, as in the ...

Reagan did not follow Jefferson’s example. To this day we have better maps of Venus, Mars, and the far side of the moon than we do of much of underwater America. But now it’s time for a new ...

Though it has some of the world's most significant reserves, Latin America has not emerged as a key player in the rare earth race.