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

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

Turns out the map on your classroom wall has been lying harder than a freshman explaining why his essay smells like tequila.

The distortion has even influenced political perceptions of Trump, who once eyed buying Greenland, misled by maps showing it ...

The 1569 Mercator map did not merely misrepresent Africa’s size—it mutilated its dignity and incapacitated its destiny. From the moment Gerardus Mercator shrank Africa on paper, the continent was ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.

The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real ...

Criticism of the Mercator map is not new, but the 'Correct The Map' campaign – led by advocacy groups Africa No Filter and ...

Gerardus Mercator (1512-94), a mathematician and engraver, created the map in 1569 to help sailors navigate their way around ...