Maps are imperfect drawings of our world that distort how we perceive size, distance, and even where things are really ...

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Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved ... of Africa appears much smaller. A globe always offers a more accurate model of the Earth’s surface than ...

For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish Africa’s size and, along with it, its place in the world. But a new ...