Africa is much bigger than you think. Here’s how you’ve been misled

Africa is much bigger than you think. Here’s how you’ve been misled - A world map drawn in the 1500s is to blame ...
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African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...
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Africa: A campaign to replace the Mercator map and show the continent’s true size

The African Union supports a campaign to replace the centuries-old Mercator map, which underrepresents the continent, with the more accurate Equal Earth projection. Our guest, Fara Ndiaye, Deputy ...
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African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is... The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the ...