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

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 ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

African Union Urges Adoption of World Map Showing Continent's True Size (Clarifies number of AU member states in paragraph 3) By Catarina Demony and AyenDeng Bior LONDON/DAKAR (Reuters) -The African ...

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In ...