Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...

The continent contains no countries ... Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps.

six and seven-continent responses around the world." While the U.S. teaches that there are seven continents, Europe teaches that there are only six, with North and South America counting as one ...

The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet and creating new shorelines for our continents and ...