Map of Africa – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Map of Africa – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 The Biggest Lie in Geography: Why It’s Time to Correct the Map on Africa https://www.theinfostride.com/the-biggest-lie-in-geography-why-its-time-to-correct-the-map-on-africa/ https://www.theinfostride.com/the-biggest-lie-in-geography-why-its-time-to-correct-the-map-on-africa/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:30:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=408438 For too long, the world has lived under a cartographic illusion that has profoundly shaped our understanding of power, influence, and place. At the heart of this lie is the Mercator projection, a 16th-century map design that distorts the true size of continents. The biggest casualty? Africa. Despite spanning over 30 million square kilometres—large enough [...]

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