Unlike the standard map of the world, designed in the 1500s, this new map doesn't distort Greenland to make it look the same size as Africa.

A Belgian map collector has discovered what he claims is the oldest globe depicting the New World—but some are skeptical.

The oldest known globe to represent the New World has been discovered, researchers say. Dated to the early 1500s, the globe was likely crafted in Florence, Italy, from the lower halves of two ...