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UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

The United Nations has voted to adopt a new world map that more accurately reflects countries’ true sizes, a resolution sponsored by African states to right a centuries-old wrong.

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UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size

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UN General Assembly Endorses a New World Map That Shows More Accurately Africa's Size

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U.N. Endorses Map That Accurately Shows the Size of Africa

“Draft resolution A/80/L.104 is adopted.”

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Africa bigger, US smaller - UN adopts new map

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The World Just Got A New Map: UN Votes To Redraw Continents To Reflect Their True Size

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UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size

The United States, the only country to vote against the resolution, said it promoted an "ideological agenda" and was a distraction from the "genuine problems of international peace, prosperity ‌or go...

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U.N. Approves African Proposal for a New World Map

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Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would recognize it today, from their classroom walls and navigation apps.

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Sizing up Africa: The AU vs the Gerardus Mercator map standard

There is an episode in The West Wing television series in which White House press spokesperson CJ Craig meets a delegation of cartographers, who explain that the standard world map — a Mercator projection — must be replaced. Instead, the US should ...