African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to ...

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

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its significance.

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

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

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

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

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

The continent with the most countries may surprise some, but it proves that size alone does not define diversity.

Many world maps use the Mercator projection, created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation. While ...