OUR map of the world hasn’t changed much in centuries. It seems to be set in stone. The thing is, it’s not accurate. When this world map was charted in the 1600s according to the Mercator’s ...

Have you ever looked at a world map and wondered why some countries seem much larger than others, even though that doesn't match the real world? Well, that’s because the map you're used to is likely ...

When you think of the world, the Mercator projection is probably the map that comes to mind. It's everywhere: atlases, school walls, even Google Maps. It's also, very, very wrong, and it's been ...

Gerardus Mercator: 3 ways influential cartographer changed the way we look at the world. The famous 1569 map is one of the most influential in the world - but it isn't entirely accurate ...

When enlarged into a world map, though, Mercator becomes problematic, Braun said. The map’s mistakes were not likely to be a conspiracy against Africa or the Global South, but its continued use ...

The first time I saw what was claimed to be the ‘real’ world map, I almost didn’t believe it was true. Currently, British schools use and teach the Mercator projection map, made by Flemish ...