Africa is the world’s second largest continent and contains over 50 countries. Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is spread across three of the major lines of latitude: the Tropic ...
When a child opens a world atlas, they deserve the truth—not illusion. For centuries, however, geography lessons have been ...
Reviewed by Alan C. G. Best in International journal of African historical studies (Boston) 9 (4) 1976 pages 666-668 (DT1.A2592 AFA) Contents Introduction. The interest in Africa -- The physical ...
A leading exam board has been slammed after a GCSE geography paper wrongly named countries on a map of Africa. One enraged teacher said that his pupils were left confused after the map wrongly ...
W. D. Cooley's merits as a geographer, and even his founding of the Hakluyt Society, have been largely forgotten. He is noticed, if at all, as the most notorious of the 'armchair geographers' who ...
For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...
THE publication of this little text-book in Macmillan's Geographical Series will be welcomed by all who are interested in geographical education, or who desire a handly and trustworthy compendium on ...