Once a top adviser to King Francis I, he fell out of favor after Henry II inherited the throne. What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into ...

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.

Map O.1 Use of aggregated cellphone records to track mobility week by week during COVID-19 lockdowns in The Gambia, March–May, 2020 http://bit.do/WDR2021-Map-O_1 ...