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 projection showing continents in their true proportions, ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

You’ve (probably) never seen the world unless you’ve served a stint on the International Space Station. Only a few hundred people out of billions of folks alive today have ever seen an undistorted, ...

However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, they represent both reality and distortion. When looking at a rectangular world map, you see an illustrated view of Earth, the surface ...

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

The African Union has called for replacing the venerable Mercator map projection with another one that would show Africa’s ...

Maps have shaped human history far more than many people realize. Long before satellites and digital navigation existed, maps helped civilizations trade, travel, wage wars, and explore unfamiliar ...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Notes on the Editors -- Notes on the Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction (1): Rival Interpretations of Continent Personifications -- ...