To get around this distortion, other map-makers have come up with different compromises. A projection named after the geographer Arthur Robinson curves the longitudes but keeps the latitudes straight ...

Greenland has become the unwitting focus of world attention as president Donald trump seeks to grab control of the huge ...

When you look at a world map, do you ever wonder if the sizes of countries are really what they seem? If you’ve ever thought ...

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants – something that, as president of the US, he now says he will take “one way or the other.” It’s Greenland, an ...