The world may be different from what you remember – old maps aren’t accurate!

Here is a map by Neil Kaye, comparing Mercator Map Projection with the true size and shape of the country, overlaid.

The actual difference is quite surprising!

2ch comments:

・I can see that on the map, the outside will be bigger

・Greenland looks like a continent

・Russia and Antarctica are so much smaller

・This mainstream map is too defective…

・↑Well, they’re forcing 2D into 3D, so distortion occurs…

・Brazil is so big

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