The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world.

An atlas has pictures of the same places as the globe but they are spread out over the pages, which allows you to see the world in more detail. This does have its drawbacks, as the Earth is round ...

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is flattened to fit on a piece of paper it is distorted. This makes some ...