If this holds true, the conventional definition of what counts as a continent might need a rewrite. The map of Earth, long thought settled, could be far more dynamic than once imagined.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The most glaring example of this distortion is Greenland, which appears to be about the same size as Africa on the map, but in reality, the continent is nearly 14-and-a-half times larger.

For centuries, Africa has been systematically erased through the hegemonic Western cartographic gaze, its territorial ...