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

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

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

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

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

Given its distortions, why has the Mercator projection continued to dominate classrooms, atlases and even digital maps for centuries?

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