The U.N. voted Friday to promote reworked map projections that enhance Africa’s size, a move it claims will “more accurately reflect the true size of continents” – the culmination of an African-led campaign against the 16th-century Mercator projection, still the most widely used depiction in the world.
\n\nThe United States cast the sole vote against the resolution, dismissing the “correct the map” initiative as part of a “radical ideological project,” per the globalist organization’s own report on the vote.
\n\nThe outcome now projects the U.S. as smaller than on traditional maps as the African continent is enlarged, enhanced and emboldened as part of a concerted push to counter perceptions the continent is peripheral.
\n\nFrance and Russia will also now appear smaller relative to African equatorial countries which have applauded the move as righting a wrong and soothing hurt feelings.
\n\nSix countries – Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine – abstained.
\n\nThe BBC reports the U.N. vote is non-binding but will see changes to the maps used by institutions around the world.
\n\nThe Mercator map has come in for criticism as it shows Africa as being of similar in size to Greenland, even though it is claimed to be actually…
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