[ExI] Africa wants to double in size

[BillK]

Africa wants its true size on the world map
The African Union argues that the Mercator projection distorts the
continent, both in size and global attention.
Frank Jacobs           September 2, 2025.

<https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/africa-wants-a-new-map/>
Quotes:
The African Union has joined a campaign to replace the Mercator map
with the Equal Earth projection.
The result would be a fairer representation of Africa’s relative size.
It would not be the first such campaign to fail: Mercator may be 450
years old, but it has a digital trick up its sleeve.

On a world map in the Mercator projection, Russia appears larger than
Africa. In fact, Africa (11.7 million sq mi, 30.4 million km2) is
nearly twice as large as Russia (6.6 million sq mi, 17.1 million km2).
Africa has finally had enough.
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Many interesting map designs are discussed.
Also at  <https://equal-earth.com/>

BillK