This African Nation Says Its Time For World Map To Reflect The Continent’s True Size

The government of Togo has formally petitioned the United Nations to adopt a world map that accurately represents the true ...
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A whole new world: redrawing the Mercator map

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Togo to ask UN member states to use map showing Africa's true size

By Noel Kokou Tadegnon and Catarina Demony LOME, April 14 (Reuters) - Togo will ask United Nations member states to adopt a ...
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Togo petitions UN to adopt world map showing Africa’s true size

Togo is spearheading a diplomatic movement to overhaul how the world views the African continent. The West African nation ...
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African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size

LONDON/DAKAR (Reuters) -The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more ...
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African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

Africa's True Size: Togo to Push UN Member States to Drop Mercator Map | Firstpost Africa

For centuries, the world has viewed the globe through the lens of the 1569 Mercator projection—a navigation tool that shrinks ...