US EditionAfrica Is Much Bigger than Most Maps Show, and a New Campaign Wants that Fixed
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African Union endorses campaign to finally fix the maps that massively understate how big the continent really is
The widely used Mercator projection famously shows Greenland and Africa about the same size, but 14 Greenlands would easily fit inside the African continent.
It's Not The Size Of The Continent, It's How You Use It: Africa Is Mad It's Not Bigger On Maps
I thought we were past this, but apparently not: Africa is still not happy about how relatively small it looks on maps.For years, people have complained that Europe and even Greenland look as big as Africa, when that’s nowhere near reality. I've even heard arguments — and I hope you're sitting down for this — that this is because of white supremacy.Of course, it isn't and has nothing to do with how maps have been made for centuries, using what i…
The king of the African continent is equal to 14 times the Greenl idaya. But n what we see on the map. That is the most familiar map, printed in books and school walls, shows Greenl idaya and all the African continent as if they had the same size. Read more (08/24/2025
The African Union and Correct The Map will try to change the perception of millions of people about the lengths of the world.What is Mercator and why Africa accuses him of misinformation
Imagine that Africa was a country of "normal" size on the maps you see every day. Surprisingly, it is not. With more than 30 million km2, Africa is three times larger than Europe and houses 1.5 billion people. But on the most popular map in the world, Mercator’s projection, the continent shrinks and Europe dominates the visual scene. To put it in perspective: in Mercator, Greenland seems almost as big as Africa, when in reality it is 14 times sm…
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