The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...
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The surprising reason ocean routes look curved on maps
If ships always choose the shortest route across the ocean, why do navigation maps show curved paths between ports like Southampton and New York? The answer lies in the shape of the Earth and the way ...
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