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On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...
A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...
African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...
Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...
The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...
A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of the continent and its size.