The American Philosophical Society's new exhibit for the 250th birthday of America documents daily life in Philadelphia ...

Fuss drew on maps from the time ... (Courtesy of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation) In other Colonies, British forces later offered freedom to men enslaved by rebels in exchange for military ...

A middle-aged man appears outside a low-slung ... Chilies made it to the American Colonies with the English in 1621. In the United States, where chilies were once an exotic spice, consumption ...

that may have the prerogative over the most pleasant places of Europe, Asia, Africa or America for large and pleasant navigable rivers," he wrote in A Map of Virginia, published in London in 1612.

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on a world map. Appearing on CNN’s "Inside Politics," Coons made the ...

Based on past behaviors, the group is likely making its appearance in Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina ...

Just six years later, an expedition led by Francisco de Ulloa proved California was connected to the mainland—but the landmass was still erroneously depicted as an island on many maps for a few ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in ...