The True Size of Africa | Why Africa's Map Is Drawn Wrong …
WEBMay 19, 2022 · What's the real size of Africa? How Western states used maps to downplay the size of a continent The True Size of Africa Why Africa's Map Is Drawn Wrong Relative To Its Size We...
True Size Of Countries
WEBExplore the real scale of countries with our interactive map! Discover the true size of nations and see accurate maps that challenge misconceptions about country sizes.
Why do Western maps shrink Africa? | CNN
WEBAug 18, 2016 · What’s the real size of Africa? How Western states used maps to downplay size of continent. By Sophie Morlin-Yron, for CNN. 5 minute read. Updated 12:11 PM EDT, Thu March 23, 2017. Link...
Don’t be duped, this is the true size of Africa
WEBJun 12, 2018 · “On the Mercator map, Africa — sitting on the equator, reasonably undistorted — is left looking much smaller than it really is. But Canada, Russia, the United States and Europe are greatly ...
The great map myth was incredibly unfair to the 'mother continent ...
WEBMar 8, 2022 · In reality, the actual size of Africa (its land area) is 30.37 million square kilometres (11.7 million square miles). For instance, the Mercator map depicts Greenland as roughly the same size as Africa when, in fact, the vast continent is 14 times larger.
Mercator Misconceptions: Clever Map Shows the True Size of …
WEBAug 12, 2021 · The vast majority of us aren’t using paper maps to chart our course across the ocean anymore, so critics of the Mercator projection argue that the continued use of this style of map gives users a warped sense of the true size of countries—particularly in the case of the African continent.
New world map is a more accurate Earth and shows Africa's full size
WEBAug 22, 2018 · A new kind of world map (above) has been developed that shows the true size of the continents without distorting their shapes too much.
You can now drag and drop whole countries to compare their size
WEBDec 19, 2018 · Drag and drop it near the equator, and you see how truly huge Africa is: at 11.73 million sq. mi (30.37 million km2), it is almost twice the size of Russia. Image: boredpanda.com Russia...
Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country
WEBAug 15, 2024 · While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink dramatically.
The True Size of Africa - Vivid Maps
WEBMar 18, 2015 · Africa is the second-largest and second-most-populous continent on our planet. About 30.3 million km2 (11.7 mln sq mi), including adjacent islands, covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area.