The African Union has joined a campaign urging global institutions to adopt a map of Africa that more accurately reflects the continent’s size. The Mercator map, widely used since 1599, shows a ...

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

Elizabeth Sawchuk receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Jessica Thompson has received funding from the Leakey Foundation, National Geographic Society, ...

Thonis-Heracleion, Alexandria, Meroë, and Jenne-Jeno were once centers of sophistication and wealth, but their fortunes waned over time. Although their ancient splendors disappeared from sight, ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...