By 1914, European powers controlled 90% of Africa, with only Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) and Liberia remaining independent. A French map of Africa, c. 1911 (PD).

Continued use of blind representations of old colonial boundaries causes us to misread the reality on the ground in many African states and overestimate their empirical effectiveness. The official map ...

Curator David Easterbrook says the antique maps not only show the growing geographical knowledge of Africa but the progression of colonisation. "Early cartographers had not visited or surveyed the ...

This is believed to be the first map of Africa, as a continent. ... Still more remarkable is this Abraham Ortelius map from only 30 years later. Published at Antwerp in 1584.

Palestine to Africa: How maps lie — and some tell the truth. ... “Not only is it easy to lie with maps, it is essential,” wrote cartographer Mark Monmoneir in his book How to Lie with Maps.

In the last 500 years, a certain kind of map has been used to teach children about our planet. But public schools in Boston have made a big change — and it might alter the way you think about the ...