As a result, areas farthest from the equator appear disproportionately ... to be about the same size as Africa on the map, but in reality, the continent is nearly 14-and-a-half times larger.

was the rapid movement of India northward toward the continent of EuroAsia; Click here for a present-day map of the Indian subcontinent. India charged across the equator at rates of up to 15 cm ...