Literature and art have long been considered a road map to the human soul, to the history of different societies and cultures through time.  This is also true of the world map, it was a means for people to communicate about much more than the geography of an area.  The old maps of the time [...]

In our global society, where travel is jet-powered and information moves at the speed of light, it can be hard to imagine life in any other way. Modern day adventurers, such as Steve Fossett, have broken records to fly around the world, nonstop, in a little over two days. Spending two [...]