Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

and North America. Nations are also depicted inaccurately on Mercator Projection maps, including Greenland, which looks nearly the size of Africa on Mercator Projection maps when in reality the ...

The Arabs later adopted a similar definition. But this is the first known map of the new concept of Africa as a continent stretching from North Africa down to a southern tip that could be rounded ...

The African Cup of Nations kicks off in Tunisia, with 16 nations taking part - and all eyes on the continent are looking north. Seen from space, Africa is one huge and undivided landmass. But for some ...