For centuries, the world has been misled about Africa’s true size. The Mercator map—one of the most widely used world ...
Seven videos exploring the human and physical geography of the continent of Africa.
Meanwhile, both Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are home to over 200 languages. In Cameroon, Bulu, Beti ...
One impact of climate change is increased tropical storms. The southeast of Africa experiences tropical cyclones - for ...
For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...
Schlichter read a paper on “Ptolemy's Geography of Eastern Equatorial ... there is no denying that Ptolemy's map of North-Eastern Africa bears a wonderful resemblance to reality—just the ...
Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country ... down for a geography lesson like no other. MyLifeElsewhere reveals that it uses the Mercator projection to display maps.