map of africa with the equator

KTVU: Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ... Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed FOX 10 Phoenix: Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed MSN: The most famous map of the world is inaccurate. Africa’s not having it anymore

The most famous map of the world is inaccurate. Africa’s not having it anymore The Nation Newspaper: FULL LIST: Seven African countries located on the Equator The Equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In Africa, this line passes through a handful of countries, giving them a unique geographical ... The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...