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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 ...

For over five centuries, a single version of the world map has shaped our perception of geography. The Mercator projection, ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

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That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth ...

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The campaign currently has over 4,500 signatures. The map most commonly used is called the Mercator projection. Map projections are how cartographers (map makers) “flatten” the three-dimensional Earth ...