Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...

As Trump vows to "get Greenland," direct flights from the U.S. are starting − on his birthday. Who will visit? What kind of ...

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on a world map. Appearing on CNN’s "Inside Politics," Coons made the ...

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on a world map. Appearing on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Coons made the ...

Greenland and Africa are shown as roughly ... The Peters Projection map claimed to show the world in a more accurate, equal-area fashion. Because Peters’s map showed the size of developing ...

The Pentagon's move to shift its oversight of Greenland under U.S. Northern Command aligns with President Trump’s pledge to ...

Climate change, which has opened sea routes, has increased Greenland’s importance. The six maps below show how geography and geopolitics have shaped Greenland’s past and may affect its future.

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on a world map.

How maps are drawn can shape the world views of leaders – and the arc of history. Andreas Kluth A view of the Greenlandic flag near the beach in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 29.

It’s Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, one of America’s closest allies. “I love maps,” Trump once explained. “And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this.