The full-size facsimile of the silk map forms the centrepiece of an exhibition, Perspectives on and of Africa, at the South African parliament. Up to now, only a small number of people have been ...

This is believed to be the first map of Africa, as a continent. “Africa” was originally a Roman term for the region of modern Tunisia and the western portion of Libya.

A map of West Africa from 1747 refers to the region as "Negroland". The most recent map in the collection from 1915 shows the town plan for Dakar, Senegal's capital. The collection, which can be ...

For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish Africa’s size and, along with it, its place in the world. But a new ...

Ortelius did not take part in the surveying that contributed to these maps. Rather, his most important role was citing the work of 33 cartographers (listing 54 scientists in total) and aggregating ...

Mercator’s original 1569 map. ... For example, in 1154 Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi drew a south-up map of Europe, Asia and northern Africa for his book the Tabula Rogeriana.

A French map of Africa, c. 1911 (PD). By the time World War I broke out, Britain and France collectively controlled 45% of Africa’s population. Germany, late to the show, held on to 9%.

Africa is bigger than it looks on most maps of the world. Share. Nov 10th 2010 | 2 min read. By G.D. LAST month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True ...