The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to ...

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 Mercator map of the world is used by many governments and international organisations. But the Correct The Map campaign ...

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

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. You may think you have a pretty good idea of the world map, but Atossa Araxia Abrahamian explains how special ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...