The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on maps, making them appear different to reality.

Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is spread across three of the major lines of latitude: the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn. The north of Africa ...

Discuss the meaning of continent and show these on a globe or 2D map of the world ... Point to a country in Africa that is north of the Equator / on the Equator, that shares a border with Kenya ...