Created in China in 1389, and clearly showing the shape of Africa, more than 100 years before Western explorers and map-makers reached the continent. Challenging stereotypes. The full-size facsimile ...

A video showing the true size of Russia compared to Africa has gone viral on TikTok as social media users learn about the misrepresentation of scale on many world maps. First posted in late ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.

Popular world maps have been criticised for shrinking Africa while exaggerating the size of other continents. In one article published by media outlet CNN, "the typical world map" is called ...

A new map has revealed the most common religion in every African country, showing a clear divide between Christianity and Islam across the world’s second largest continent.The map, shared on ...

Parliament has held a sneak preview of an exhibition that includes a 600 year-old Chinese map showing Africa, clearly illustrating that people from Asia had contact with Africans long before their ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.