The amount of labour involved in the collection of some 10,000 geographical terms derived from the most diverse languages all over the world can readily be imagined, and it can only excite our ...

A few of the more confusing terms merit some clarification, so we referred to the Oxford English Dictionary on the following: Now that you finally know what some of those half-remembered terms ...

Part of a geographical study kit produced in 1887, this chart shows the sun, moon, and stars. Tiny metal latches secured five flaps that could be opened to reveal more detail. For 19th-century ...