The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

The Mercator map from 1569 distorts Africa’s true size and ‘downplays its importance,’ Africa No Filter’s executive director tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most geography-class walls.

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...