Why the World Map Is Being Redrawn
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced the abandonment of the Mercator map, speaking at the Diplomacy Factory forum. Paris, September 4, 2026 Photo: Yuri Safronov/Novaya Gazeta. 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND/OR SENT BY A FOREIGN AGENT NOVAYA GAZETA ONLINE EDITION OR CONCERNS THE ACTIVITIES OF A FOREIGN AGENT NOVAYA GAZETA ONLINE EDITION France at the end of last week officially abandoned the Mercator …
The General Assembly voted in favour of the use of a cartographic projection that sought to return to the countries its real proportions. Cuba reduced by 14 per cent, but gained size compared to some countries.
For 450 years the world learns geography with an error on the world map that does not honor Africa. That error has a name: Mercator projection. That error has just lost its throne at the UN. On Friday, September 4, 2026 the United Nations General Assembly passed a historic resolution. Its This article belongs to High Density! The original article can be found here: Africa recovers 14 times the size that the world map of its entire life stole fro…
Startupi The new world map and what it reveals about the house we inhabit UN approves the Equal Earth projection, which corrects secular and broad distortions Africa and South America despite the US voting against. What is at stake is not only cartography, it is also the way we see the world and the place we occupy in it. The post The new world map and what it reveals about the house we inhabit first appears in Startupi and was written by Ricard…
A world like you've never seen before: UN adopts new world map, only America complains
Ukraine has not supported a UN resolution encouraging the use of the new "Equal Earth" world map. This is due to the way Crimea is marked, depicting it as a separate territory from both Ukraine and Russia. Kyiv has been unsuccessfully seeking to amend the map for over a year.
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