The mystery of Roanoke’s “lost colony” has survived for more than four centuries, but a faint symbol on a fragile Elizabethan ...

LONDON – A nearly 500-year-old map from the first set to identify the New World (search) as "America" and depict the Pacific Ocean was sold Wednesday for a record $1 million, an auction house said.

U.S. Google Maps results for "Gulf of Mexico," automatically changed to "Gulf of America" and showing the location's label as "Gulf of America." Credit: Mashable screenshot / Google Late last month, ...

GENEVA — Centuries before it became a continent or country synonymous with wealth, power, freedom or democracy, "America" was coined by a Renaissance cartographer as the catchall designation for a ...