LONDON – A nearly 500-year-old map from the first set to identify the New World (search) as "America" and depict the Pacific Ocean was sold Wednesday for a record $1 million, an auction house said.

The mystery of Roanoke’s “lost colony” has survived for more than four centuries, but a faint symbol on a fragile Elizabethan map is now giving archaeologists their clearest lead yet. A tiny, hidden ...

U.S. Google Maps results for "Gulf of Mexico," automatically changed to "Gulf of America" and showing the location's label as "Gulf of America." Credit: Mashable screenshot / Google Late last month, ...

Apple's macOS Maps app showing the Gulf of Mexico labelled as such, with a popup calling it the Gulf of America. Credit: Mashable screenshot: Apple Apple Maps has quietly been updated to change the ...

As Colorado marks its 149th birthday Friday — and the nation nears its 250th — Susan Schulten steps into the role of State Historian. A longtime professor at the University of Denver and author of “A ...

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