A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

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

Most readers can't locate a large number of African nations on a map.

The Africa map run in the “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” game show was one of television’s great mental-physical challenges. Two decades later, it seems like a wonder that anyone ...

Take our geography quiz. Africa is the world's second-largest continent and the cradle of humanity. Its vast diversity includes deserts, rainforests, savannas, and everything in between.

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...