But Greenland is not nearly as large as it appears on most maps. The Mercator projection—which has been the standard map projection since the 18th century— is the name for the phenomenon in ...

The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...

Greenland is the world’s largest island, but it’s not as big the Mercator map would have us believe. The widely reproduced map, created in 1569, suggests Greenland is roughly the same size as ...

This map is an example of the Gall-Peters Projection ... Given its distance from the equator, the Mercator Projection distorts Greenland by making it look approximately the same size as continental ...

The pink shape is Africa, while the purple represents Greenland. On the Mercator map, shown below, Greenland appears almost the same size as Africa. In reality, Greenland only covers about 1/14 of ...

However, Greenland is actually much smaller than it appears on maps because of the Mercator projection, which makes it look a similar size to Africa. The projection is used to create flat maps but ...

Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give ...