Sometimes, as we watch historical patterns reemerge and be dismissed in the modern world, it feels like we are being encouraged to think, as Noble suggested, that “history is something that ...

Fact, fiction, folklore, or a bit of all three: Did runaway slaves seek clues in the patterns of handmade quilts, strategically placed by members of the Underground Railroad? This ongoing debate ...

Now their map has inspired another Web developer, Cameron Beccario, to adapt the concept to a global scale. Beccario started with a wind map of Tokyo , where he lives. Then he took on the world.

Cartography, or map making, has played a critical role in representing spatial concepts for thousands of years. While the earliest forms of maps displayed geographic information carved into clay ...

The answer to the question posed in the title is reflected in the very earliest stages of the development of the American consciousness. As historian R. W. B. Lewis stated in his book, The ...