Africa: As the UN Adopts an Equal World Map, Meet the Three Geographers Who Disputed How the Earth Was Charted 2000 Years Ago

Source: AllAfrica Global Media · 2026-11-12T05:05:17.000Z · World

[The Conversation Africa] For more than 200 years, the standard map of the world has been based on a 1569 chart of the globe pioneered by Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594).

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