We are accustomed to thinking of a map as an objective image of the planet. Yet the familiar rectangle seen in classrooms quietly enlarges some countries and diminishes others. The United Nations General Assembly is now proposing a new way of looking at the Earth — one that restores Africa to its true scale. On the map displayed in almost every school classroom, Greenland appears comparable in size to Africa. At times, it looks only slig...

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