The UN has voted to phase out the 450-year-old Mercator map, which visually misrepresents the actual size of Africa. While Africa is 14 times larger than Greenland, they look nearly identical in size on current maps. Created in 1569 for European sailors, the old map exaggerated the size of Western nations. To correct this, the Equal Earth projection, embraced by 54 African Union countries, now aims to display the true scale of the continents.

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