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What UK could look like on new 'Equal Earth' map

The current map skews continent sizes - could this be the solution?
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Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

Africa's plan to redraw 'skewed' world map: 55-nation African Union calls for 'Equal Earth' map to replace those that 'misrepresent continent's true scale'

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...