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Africa’s plan to redraw ‘skewed’ world map: 55-nation Union calls for ‘Equal Earth’ map

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The Mercator map, created in 1569, is still largely used today but land masses closer to the Equator are shown as being smaller than they are in reality

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.  Read More

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