Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from ...

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

These three additional volumes of the General History of Africa help us rediscover the history of humanity through a voice that is diverse, independent and alive. By restoring to Africa the mastery of ...

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 ...

A little-known element is shedding light on the transatlantic slave trade. Researchers have assembled a map of strontium, a naturally occurring element, across sub-Saharan Africa. These data can be ...

The Namibia Scientific Society is inviting the public to attend a talk that will delve into the history of the nation through its oldest maps.Titled ‘The Early Cartography of Namibia—Coastal Charts ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

The North African Campaign and the Italian Theater of World War II are often overlooked by popular media these days, but are just as important to the war's outcome. The Allied invasion of North Africa ...