The colonial-era Mercator map distorts continental size, making Africa look smaller than it is. The 55-nation African Union ...

Many world maps use the Mercator projection, created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation. While ...

The African Union urges global use of accurate map projections, challenging Mercator’s distortion of Africa’s true size and ...

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

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