This One Country Shows How Distorted Our Modern Map Is

Every map grapples with making Earth, a spherical planet, appear to scale in two dimensions. But the most well-known version today — called the Mercator projection — drastically distorts the size of many countries.  Few examples demonstrate this distortion better than Greenland. Take a look at the overlay below, submitted on Reddit by user Asuros. The pink shape is Africa, while the purple represents Greenland.   On the Mercator map, shown below, Greenland appears almost the same size as A...