The Gall-Peters projection map, showing the true relative size of the continents without the distortion of the traditional Mercator projection. (As usual, “The West Wing” got there first.)
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Boston rapid transit map, 1954
Click image to view full size. Via Cartographia.
The true size of Africa
Africa is larger than the U.S., China, India, Japan, and all of Europe combined. Via (click to view full size).