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

Last week Johnathan Bascom traveled 7,500 miles southeast and arrived back in East Africa.“Fewer and fewer geographers focus ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality ... a Syracuse University geography professor and author of "How to ...

"In this episode of FactSpark, we are going to the eastern tip of the African continent and explore 5 astonishing ...