How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...
Hartford Courant

Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in ...
NDTV

Africa Is 7 Times Bigger Than Europe. The World Map We're Used To Is A Lie

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...
The Washington Post

Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Campaigners want to change world map to show Africa is bigger

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in ...