Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

Bananas from Asia, apples from Kazakhstan, pineapples from South America—fruit isn’t just food, it’s a map of history and climate.

A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

When was GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "river about 2700 miles (4345 kilometers) long in eastern Russia in Asia flowing from the mountains west of Lake Baikal northeast and north into the Laptev Sea through a ...