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contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months ago

A cool guide to the size of Africa.

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A cool guide to the size of Africa.

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contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months ago
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    It’s of course totally accidental that the Mercator projection was chosen for the world map, that makes Africa look much smaller compared to other countries.

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      I thought it was because of its use in with constant straight lines and angles could be used for travel

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        In talking about the world map specifically. Nobody would use that for plotting a course.

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          I can only go by what these articles claim—that that projection is used for plotting/planning. https://www.britannica.com/science/Mercator-projection

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      Big Greenland doesn’t want us to know the truth.

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      Good thing Africa is a continent

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        Yea. It would sink if it was incontinent.

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