What's the real size of Africa? How Western states used maps to downplay size of continent
submitted almost 8 years ago by lexacon
submitted almost 8 years ago by lexacon
- Boston schools are introducing a new map projection called the Peters projection to show the real size of continents, as the traditional Mercator projection distorts the sizes of countries.
- The Mercator projection, created in 1569, makes countries like Canada and Europe appear larger than they actually are, while Africa looks smaller than its true size.
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