• lemat_87@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    Moreover, in the Mercator map, Europe is too big comparing to Africa than it is in reality. Maybe this is no intentional, and simply geometrical, but I am sure that westoids likes it that way.

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      2 years ago

      It is unintentional since the Mercator map is designed for accurate sea navigation, and its very easy to reproduce and print on a flat paper map, so the size of the continents is just due to mathematics. However there is definitely an anglo-centric influence as to why the map is propagated to the degree it is.

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        2 years ago

        Behold, Nipponcentrism

        Also if you want to have a Mercator map that doesn’t split any continents in half, I think centering it close to the Atlantic or the Pacific are the only ways to go.