Home/Cool Guides/How wrong the Mercator Projection is📊 Cool GuidesHow wrong the Mercator Projection isMar 15, 2020•1 min read Click for More Info Found this guide helpful? 🥷Share on XAll Cool GuidesHome📊More Cool GuidesKeep exploring and learningThe real size of Africa. Many people are shocked when they see the real size of Africa. That is because the most commonly used map of the world (Mercator projection) dated from the 16th century features a wildly distorted size of this continent.Read →Mercator projection vs the true size of Countries.Read →The real size of Africa. Many people are shocked when they see the real size of Africa. That is because the most commonly used map of the world (Mercator projection) dated from the 16th century features a wildly distorted size of this continent.Read →How Mercator Projection distorts the globeRead →The real size of Africa. Many people are shocked when they see the real size of Africa. That is because the most commonly used map of the world (Mercator projection) dated from the 16th century features a wildly distorted size of this continent.Read →The real size of Africa. Many people are shocked when they see the real size of Africa. That is because the most commonly used map of the world (Mercator projection) dated from the 16th century features a wildly distorted size of this continent.Read →Explore All Cool Guides