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U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to alter the names of geographical features to promote his political agenda have thrust the politics of map-making into the spotlight. 0.900

👤 Frida Ghitis 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Cartography

Simplified: U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to alter geographical feature names to promote his political agenda brought map-making politics into the spotlig...

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The Equal Earth cartographic projection portrays the relative sizes of the continents more accurately. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geography , Cartography

Simplified: The Equal Earth cartographic projection accurately portrays the relative sizes of continents.

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African nations are pushing to "correct the map." 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ International Relations , Africa , Cartography

Simplified: African nations are advocating for a change to the world map.

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National Geographic adopted the Van der Grinten projection as its projection of choice in 1922. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Cartography , National Geographic

Simplified: National Geographic adopted the Van der Grinten projection as its projection of choice in 1922.

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The makers of a 1919 classroom map celebrating “The Greater United States” opted for a circular projection. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ United States , Cartography

Simplified: The makers of a 1919 classroom map celebrating “The Greater United States” opted for a circular projection.

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Hammond’s Illustrated Atlas for Young America, published in 1956, explains that the Mercator “was not good for showing the correct size” closer to the poles. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Education , Cartography

Simplified: Hammond’s Illustrated Atlas for Young America, published in 1956, explains that the Mercator projection “was not good for showing the correct size” cl...

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A colonial cartography map from 1934, titled “Portugal Is Not a Small Country,” superimposes Portugal’s remaining African colonies over a map of Europe. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Colonialism , Cartography , Portugal

Simplified: A 1934 colonial cartography map, titled “Portugal Is Not a Small Country,” superimposes Portugal’s remaining African colonies over a map of Europe.

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Heinrich Bünting, a 16th-century pastor, theologian, and cartographer, continued to prize symbolism over verisimilitude. 0.950

👤 Nick Danforth 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Religion , Cartography

Simplified: Heinrich Bünting, a 16th-century pastor, theologian, and cartographer, prioritized symbolism over realism in his maps.

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Throughout the medieval period, most Christian maps of the known world depicted the continents expanding out in equal proportions around Jerusalem. 0.950

👤 Nick Danforth 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Religion , Cartography

Simplified: During the medieval period, most Christian maps showed continents expanding equally around Jerusalem.

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Polar azimuthal equidistant maps became increasingly popular with the start of the Cold War. 0.900

👤 Nick Danforth 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Cold War , Cartography

Simplified: Polar azimuthal equidistant maps became increasingly popular at the start of the Cold War.

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The Mercator projection, originally designed by a 16th century cartographer, stretches the northern and southern latitudes to plot the round earth on a flat surface. 0.950

👤 Nick Danforth 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Cartography

Simplified: The Mercator projection, designed by a 16th-century cartographer, stretches northern and southern latitudes to map the round Earth onto a flat surface...

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