The Map That Erased Africa's True Size

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Every world map you grew up with has been hiding Africa’s real size. On the Mercator projection, Greenland looks almost the same size as Africa, but in truth, Africa is 14 times larger. This map, created in the 1500s by Gerardus Mercator, was designed for sailors and navigation, but it came with a cost: cartography distortions that reshaped how the world views the African continent.

The facts are striking: Africa covers 30.37 million square kilometers, making it larger than the USA, China, India, Japan, and all of Europe combined. Yet on a standard world map, Africa looks small, a result of centuries of colonialism, map distortions, and geographic misinformation.

When you drag African countries northward, they expand to reveal their true scale. The true size of Africa proves its landmass and power have always been underestimated.

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