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

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

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.