This attempt at creating a faithful world map took a similar tack to the Sinusoidal by pulling out the edges of the map to mimic a sphere. The Robinson isn’t as extreme, however, taking the form of a ...

Counter-maps challenge dominant mapping that has historically influenced how the world sees the world. They are also called bottom-up maps or resistance maps. The Nakba map is an example.

‘US, China, India can all fit into Africa’: On a quest to fix the world map. Commonly used projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map ...

When you look at a map of the world, it makes sense to assume that Greenland and Africa are similar in size. But in reality, the African continent is 14 times as big as the icy northern land mass.

An incredible map shows the “true” size of Africa with China, India and America all fitting inside. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 ...

Maps of world 'completely misleading' as true size of Europe, China and Africa revealed World maps are showing country sizes to be geographically inaccurate depending on their placement near the ...