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This 1935 Africa map answers more questions than expected

Maps are never neutral, and this one proves it. This video examines a 1935 map of Africa and what it reveals about borders, ...
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When Africa Led — In Cartography, Mapping & Geographic Knowledge GE

If cartography is defined only as paper maps drawn in European formats, then Europe wins by definition. If cartography is defined as the reliable transmission of spatial knowledge that enables ...
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Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed

African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ...
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Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

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 ...
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World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...
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Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

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 wants to use instead ...