| The distortion of the old Europe-centered view of the world (Mercator Projection). |
 Fig. 7 Europe (9.7 million square km) appears larger than South America (17.8 million square km) |
 Fig. 8 The Soviet Union (22.4 million square km) appears larger than Africa (30 million square km) |
 Fig. 9 The equator does not appear in the center of the map (2/3 of the map are used to show the northern hemisphere, the southern hemisphere is contained in 1/3 of the map) |
 Fig. 10 Scandinavia (1.1 million square km) appears larger than India (3.3 million square km) |
 Fig. 11 Greenland (2.1 million square km) appears larger than China (9.5 million square km) |
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