“Europe is a stupid idea for a continent,” says Jonn Elledge, author of A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps. “Its boundaries with Asia are mainly ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

The extraordinary map not only allows us to understand ... It erupted along the border of Gondwanaland and a new continent 60 ...

Africa has the most countries of any continent with a total of 54. Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some areas and ...