However, it is impossible for two-dimensional maps to show the actual size of countries. The sizes of each country are either too big or too small because the map does not use the same scale ...

Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in countries' sizing. Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are, while ...

People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...