As the magnitude of water shortage issues arise globally, National Geographic Explorers along with the World Freshwater Initiative highlight stories of the communities facing critical challenges.

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good ...

The year 1915 witnessed the founding of the Map Department, which evolved into today’s National Geographic Maps. As in the past, our cartographers continue to illustrate the world around us ...

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.

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... and gender-diverse people in countries around the world, please visit TvT’s website, transrespect.org, or ...

After a recent video, someone from the National Geographic Society reached out to give me an updated set of their atlases. Today I open them up to see if there's anything new worth seeing.