For ages, cartographers and scholars have grappled with the challenge of accurately flattening the Earth onto a map without ...

We all know the Earth is round, right? Well, according to some of the biggest names in the industry, not so much. It’s a debate as old as the world itself: Is Earth really round, or is it flat? And ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

African nations are demanding that the 'distorted' world map be redrawn to show the true scale of the continent that they argue has been misrepresented for centuries. The African Union (AU) has backed ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

A bizarre expedition to Antarctica, led by a Colorado pastor aiming to settle the age-old debate about the Earth’s shape, has ...

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current Mercator projection.