Fascinating size-comparison maps reveal how big countries and continents REALLY are, with the UK smaller than California... and Africa swamping Australia
Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country to another is a long-distance haul. But their perspective on the ...
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Maps of the world are 'completely misleading' as true size of countries shown
The most glaring example of this distortion is Greenland, which appears to be about the same size as Africa on the map, but in reality, the continent is nearly 14-and-a-half times larger.