Explore the fascinating history of world maps, from ancient to modern times, and their impact on our understanding of geography and culture.

For over five centuries, a single version of the world map has shaped our perception of geography. The Mercator projection, ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

The African Union is championing a drive to replace the 16th-century Mercator world map, arguing its widespread use by governments and international bodies inaccurately depicts Africa's true scale ...

"Every world map is distorted in some respect," Matthew Edney, a professor of geography and the history of cartography at the University of Southern Maine, told Live Science in an email.

The Mercator projection fosters a false impression that Africa is marginal, an African Union official said.