The science behind "Mental Maps"

Found: The Missing Part Of Brain’s ‘Internal Compass’

http://www.iflscience.com/brain/found-missing-part-brain-s-internal-compass

Ch 1:Basic Concepts

Cartography

12 maps that changed the world:
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/12/12-maps-that-changed-the-world/282666/

40 maps that Explain the world:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/

... and 40 more!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/13/40-more-maps-that-explain-the-world/