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

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

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

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

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

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

The African Union (AU) has backed a campaign to replace the Mercator projection — the 16th-century world map still used in ...

The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...

The African Union backs a campaign to replace the Mercator map with a more accurate projection that reflects Africa’s true ...

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

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