Africa is bigger than we’ve been led to believe – what next?
A new map of the world rescales the size of Africa and calls into question our perception of land, power and influenceThis month, the UN passed a resolution, brought to the assembly by Togo, to phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe and replace it with another that shows the real scale of territories. That’s right – when it comes to size, the map of the world we have all grown up with is not accurate. The main…
Source: www.theguardian.com