Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

On September 4, the United Nations GeneralAssembly made what may become one of the most symbolic decisions in modernhistory. In an overwhelming vote of 164 in favour, one against and six abstentions, ...

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe, drawing ire from Washington.It inflated ...

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The U.S. was lone 'no' vote.

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look larger than their actual relative sizes, and those near the equator look muc ...

The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions on world maps. The body passed the “Correct the Map” initiative by a ...

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 ...

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.