I’ve seen a (non) literal billion maps with different depictions of how large Africa is. I gather that it is actually far larger than the United States, but it doesn’t usually seem to be depicted that way. This seriously confuses me. ISS flyovers give a good idea of the difference. Why are so many maps disproportionate?
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Africa is not made smaller (on most maps), instead stuff that is further away from Africa is made bigger.
Most map projections designed to display the whole world, are more accurate near the equator and get more and more distored further away from it.
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