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Showing Original Post only (View all)The real size of the African Continent [View all]
http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/04/the-true-size-of-africa-erroneous-map.html
Although featured in 'The West Wing', this map dishonesty is anything but fictional. The video below will give you an accurate look at the size of Africa.
People are often not aware of how large Africa continent really is. The image below is an accurate look at Africa relative to some major countries:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ClfIgQoIvL0/UWLleT93YoI/AAAAAAAADto/-Xle6X_dZd8/s1600/The+true+size+of+Africa+%E2%80%93+it%E2%80%99s+bigger+than+you+think.gif
Why do they think they all want a piece
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It's closer to two times; the projection makes sense with those numbers (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2013
#61
I like the scene from "The West Wing" when they switched the slide from the Mercator Projection
Aristus
Aug 2013
#6
"It freaks you out to realize that everyone around you has a skeleton inside them"
arcane1
Aug 2013
#32
Once we had a President who wanted Democracy and fair trade with African nations.
Octafish
Aug 2013
#12
I have found that a flipped map forces you to look at the globe in a "new light"
kentauros
Aug 2013
#44
Africa is huge with 1+ billion people. What if they start manufacturing stuff the way Asians have
pampango
Aug 2013
#21
All I know is that it must be hard to catch up when millions of your healthiest people
malaise
Aug 2013
#22
So true. I hope they figure out another development path and can implement it successfully.
pampango
Aug 2013
#28
If "the manufacturing route" will make them prosperous, that's what they should do.
Nye Bevan
Aug 2013
#35
There was a French couple who walked from Cape Town to the Sea of Gallilee about ten years back...
TheMightyFavog
Aug 2013
#45