“Africa” was originally a Roman term for the region of modern Tunisia and the western portion of Libya. The Arabs later adopted a similar definition. But this is the first known map of the new ...

Join us as we explore the map’s significance, uncovering the changes and challenges that have shaped modern Africa. Through this snapshot in time, we gain insight into the complex legacies of ...

there is less detail regarding the internal geography of Northern Africa, reflecting the limited knowledge of inland ...

If you look closely at a 19th century map of Africa, you’ll notice one major ... it features a mountain range that no longer appears on modern maps, as WIRED explains. Because it never existed ...

The pink shape is Africa, while the purple represents Greenland. On the Mercator map, shown below, Greenland appears almost the same size as Africa. In reality, Greenland only covers about 1/14 of ...