For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

Teaching Geography is a journal published by the Geographical Association dedicated to geography teaching in the 11–19 age range aimed at students (Undergraduate, PGCE, Masters, Post graduate), ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In ...

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

The geography of modern Africa by William A. Hance Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details author Hance, William Adams 1916- Notes Reviewed by Alan C. G. Best in International journal of ...

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

The African Union has endorsed a campaign to replace traditional maps that have distorted the size of continents like Africa.

Explore South Africa’s geography, from dramatic coastlines and savannahs to mountain ranges, deserts, and forests. This film ...

NASA Geography Expert Talks Climate-Friendly Farming in Africa Catherine Nakalembe, expert in gepgraphical sciences, visited Georgetown to give a talk on the use of climate-friendly agricultural ...

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

NASA’s advanced remote sensing technology can analyze the chemical composition of stars and search for signs of life in the cosmos. It can also tell us a lot about our own planet, like the amount of ...