The map, supposedly dating back to the 15th century, was a big deal because it added weight to the claim that Vikings landed in North America before Christopher Columbus.

A map shows the ozone hole above Antarctica in September, when it was the size of North America. The ozone protects the Earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she sent a letter to Google opposing a decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps.

These maps show North America 550 million years ago (left) and 510 million years ago (right). The maps were created by Ron Blakey of Flagstaff, Arizona.

To create the map, the researchers amassed over 2,000 stress orientations taken across North America, of which 300 are brand new. These measurements were taken from boreholes—long, narrow shafts ...

The Vinland Map, which supposedly showed the exploration of North America by Vikings in the 15th century, is fake, according to researchers at Yale. The map was first discovered in 1965, but ...

Viking Map of North America Identified as 20th-Century Forgery New technical analysis dates Yale’s Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested.

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Google says it will take its cue from the US government and change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali – the highest mountain in North America – on its maps in the United States.