When did the name ‘Australia’ first appear on a map? It may be much earlier than historians had previously believed. Phillip Clarke Matthew Flinders, who died just over 200 years ago, is widely ...

Apple today announced that it has expanded its updated Apple Maps app to Australia, with Maps now offering more detailed road coverage, improved navigation, three-dimensional landmarks, and improved ...

Australia now has the newest round of Apple Maps updates, boasting more detailed road coverage, better navigation, and features like Look Around and Share ETA. While vigilant Apple Maps watchers ...

A crumbling 17th century map of Australia—sketched more than 100 years before James Cook made his famed voyage to the continent—has been restored after a painstaking conservation project. And as Karen ...

Looking at some of the early European cartographers' maps of the Australian continent, it's hard to not be amused by the inaccuracies. In one, we see Queensland conjoined with Papua New Guinea, while ...

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A rare 17th Century map of Australia, one of just two left, has gone on display for the first time. Created in 1659 by renowned Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu, the unique map was thought to have been ...