Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...

The African Union has intensified a campaign for the use of the "right map of Africa". In the widely used Mercator map, ...

The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...

The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical accuracy.

Maps shape narratives. By distorting landmasses of the Global South, the Mercator projection helped reinforce a Eurocentric worldview where Europe and the North appeared dominant.

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.