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 ...

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...

For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of ...

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

Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching him visit them IRL.

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

Image Represents One of the First-Ever Maps of the World Anaximander's map was said to have been made between 2,500 and 2,600 years ago. Madison Dapcevich Published Dec. 6, 2024 ...

Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland 's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...