An incredible map shows the “true” size of Africa with China, India and America all fitting inside. The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 percent of the planet’s land area and ...

One of Africa's Big Five countries is shown on world maps to be half the size it actually is, while a small European country appears to be double its real area. World maps show country sizes to be ...

Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa. His work is significant not only ...