WorldPingThe United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries' true size, a resolution sponsored by African states to counter perceptions that the continent is peripheral.
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Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.
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