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Political mathematics like the Mercator projection which shrunk Africa to an unrealistic degree?
by VertanaNinjai 1mo ago
Political mathematics like the Mercator projection which shrunk Africa to an unrealistic degree?
- final_aeon 1mo agoIs that why we adopted the Mercator projection? No, it's not
- VertanaNinjai 1mo agoI don’t know who “we” is, but seeing as this map was made in the 1500s by a European there is certainly an argument to be made that it is rooted in a Euro-centric view of the world. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-...