The Map That Made Africa Look Smaller

Imagine a classroom. On the wall, there is a world map: Europe at the top, Africa in the middle, North America on the left, Asia stretching across the right side and Antarctica at the bottom, looking a little like a white rug someone forgot to put away. Now imagine the teacher pointing at Africa and asking: “Do you think it is really that size?” The answer would probably be yes. After all, that map has been hanging there for decades, in schools, books, newspapers and on...

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