Tiny Africa, Massive Europe: Why World Maps are Lying to You Vantage with Palki Sharma

Tiny Africa, Massive Europe: Why World Maps are Lying to You | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
Tiny Africa, Massive Europe: Why World Maps are Lying to You | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
The world map you grew up with is wrong- and it's not just a small mistake. The Mercator projection, used in schools and online maps for centuries, drastically distorts the true size of countries. Africa looks tiny. Europe appears massive. Greenland rivals whole continents. But none of that is accurate. Now, cartographers and campaigners are pushing for change, urging institutions to adopt fairer, more accurate representations of our planet.
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