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Who mapped Africa? Europeans did not do it alone
European mapmakers relied on African guides, whose knowledge of routes, landscapes and communities helped shape maps of the continent. Yet those local experts were often left out of the story, sustaining the false idea that Europeans mapped Africa alone.
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