The map’s mistakes were not likely to be a conspiracy against Africa or the Global South, but its continued use, he added, is inherently political. Advertisement ...

This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on Africa, a vast continent spanning the Equator and containing more than fifty countries and many different climate zones and landscapes.

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.