Urban scientists on Wednesday launched the first digital map of Africa's sprawl of slums to expose the true scale of urban poverty and bring services to millions of people. The "Million ...

When you look at a map of the world, it makes sense to assume that Greenland and Africa are similar in size. But in reality, the African continent is 14 times as big as the icy northern land mass.

Visually humongous in size on a map due to its placement near the Poles, it is actually half the size of Africa. On the opposite end of the scale, Brazil is shown to be much smaller compared to ...

Piri Reis’s map of Northern Africa features several key areas ... Some regions are represented with inconsistent scales, ...