Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

The African Union and campaigners want Africa's map to be corrected to its true size after years of distortion ...

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

The distortion has even influenced political perceptions of Trump, who once eyed buying Greenland, misled by maps showing it ...

A campaign is underway to replaced the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...

Gerardus Mercator (1512-94), a mathematician and engraver, created the map in 1569 to help sailors navigate their way around ...