Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine.

In the late 18th century, Poland disappeared from the political map of Europe and didn’t ... seemed like a hardly paralleled event in history. A contemporary British satirical drawing titled Picture ...

After much of Europe had been occupied by the Axis powers ... largest assault landings ever undertaken in the course of human history.

It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders ... and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe. For more information about the history of World War I, visit The National WWI Museum ...

And while we learn many interesting things about the maps and geography in them, there's always room for improvement. So, today, let's look at these interesting maps of Europe that we picked and ...

With nearly three million troops involved, it was an incredible feat of organisation - and the first step towards the liberation of Western Europe and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Follow the Allies ...

The perfect gift for the history buff in your life ... uncomfortable when geneticists draw bold arrows across maps of Europe. “This kind of simplicity leads back to Kossinna,” says Heyd ...

[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death ... but also all across Europe, until today only a few European countries retain the death penalty.[5] The first recorded ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... showed one in five UK consumers claim to use alternative medicines such as medication and mindfulness.

Former dissidents, released secret service files and a zine in an East Berlin basement reveal a little-known chapter of Cold ...

People in the UK are the most likely in Europe to seek unregulated alternative therapies and advice from social media, new research shows. A poll of 3,500 people across the UK, the Netherlands ...