Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved ... which means we can view whole continents or even people’s back gardens. However you look at the world ...

The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the Babylonians believed lay beyond the known world at the time.

Apple brings one of Maps' best features to anybody with a web browser –although coverage is still very sketchy.

The image, from northern Spain, showed a man with a white bag in the trunk of a car. The National Police said it helped them ...

On the second floor of the Library of Saint Marks in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully so, considering its historical significance and imposing size.