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The true size of Africa: http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/18/true-size-of-africa/ http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/18/true-size-of-africa/ The historian Marshall H
by jboynyc 13y ago
The true size of Africa: http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/18/true-size-of-africa/ http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/18/true-size-of-africa/
The historian Marshall Hodgson referred to the Mercator projection as the "Jim Crow projection." This is why.
- cLeEOGPw 13y agoI found my mistake. When looking at Europe for some reason I mentally subtracted first the Scandinavia and then Russia, that's why it seemed so tiny. Looking at wiki I can see Africa is only 3 times larger than Europe, which is what I would have expected.
- mxfh 13y agoTry rotating this :) http://mxfh.github.io/d3canvasglobes/#GRL http://mxfh.github.io/d3canvasglobes/#GRL