In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...

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

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

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

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...