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Contrary to the map many of us have in our minds, almost all of South America is farther east than North America. Most of us have a rough map of the world in our minds that we use any time we ...

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and ... the Mercator Projection. Named after Gerardus Mercator, the Flemish geographer who designed this map in the 16th century ...

In 1569 he drew a world map, what's become known as the Mercator projection. It did a good job of showing countries' shapes and was excellent at showing ocean sailing courses, very important to ...

Specifically, the map projection that US geographer Richard Edes Harrison made famous in 1942, which is known as the ‘One World, One War’ map ... with the advent of air power, an ‘azimuthal ...

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Mercator projection stretches the map vertically to maintain straight longitude and latitude lines, and this alters the size and shape of countries. One country — Greenland — appears evidently ...

But some countries are seemingly more relaxed than others about their border controls. Newsweek has analyzed the latest available data and the Open Borders Index to create a map showing countries ...

squashed countries, or else parts of the map cut out altogether. The map you are likely familiar with is one based on the Mercator projection, published by cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

China's map shows Indian territories, as well as territories claimed by other countries, as its own. India was the first to protest, stating that the claims have no basis. Malaysia, the ...