Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to create a map that accurately shows our planet in 2D. Most notably, Africa always ends up appearing far smaller than it ...

The three cartographers created the Equal Earth map in response to public schools in Boston adopting another map, the Gall-Peter map projection, to depict the true sizes of the continents in 2017.

This map bowed out the equator in an attempt to replicate the topography of a sphere and avoid stretching out areas far from the equator. It succeeds in presenting a more accurate view of the poles, ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

The REAL map of the world: New 'Equal Earth' projection is a more accurate representation of the continents Researchers created new Equal Earth map that shows landmasses in truer size It's not the ...

IT'S been revealed that the world map we've used for centuries doesn't actually accurately illustrate the globe's countries and continents. When this world map was charted in the 1600s, according ...

This Newly Digitized 16th-Century Planisphere Is the Largest-Known Early Map Explore continents, islands and unicorns with scholar Urbano Monte’s epic map that’s been digitally pieced together ...