For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed ...

Do you know how big Africa really is? According to experts, most of us don’t, and it’s because the maps we grew up with weren’t telling the full story. Earlier this month, the African Union endorsed a ...