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True to form: The World Mercator projection with the true country size added. To see Africa correctly on a map is to bring visual proportion closer to reality.
AFRICA

Africa is bigger than we think

A historic UN resolution calls for the adoption of accurate map projections, challenging centuries of Mercator distortion to reflect Africa's true scale and global significance.

  • Anthony Ohemeng-Boamah
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