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that the projection they use for the map is one that used to be popular, but that almost nobody uses anymore, with the Equator one third of the way, making the northern countries appear a lot bigger than they are.

Africa = 30m sq. km
Greenland = 2.2m sq.km

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Sep 30th, 2007 at 03:46:25 AM EST
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Hadn't thought of that, but when you denaturalize these things from the cultural context in which we have become accustomed you see that there small things can imply great power.  The audacity of the Mercator projection in this sense is breathtaking.  They literally cut the Global South down to size.

Note also the inclusion of Sakhalin island in the area corresponding to Japan.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Sun Sep 30th, 2007 at 12:06:10 PM EST
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