How World Map Look Different Than You Think? Real Life Lore (Reaction) 

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Everyone should be given a globe as a child. It gives you such a better perspective and understanding about the world we all share.

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The Sahara is massive and a primary reason that Sub-Saharan Africa was mostly left alone by the conquering empires of the ancient world.

The Mercator map is used because it shows the oceans most accurately rather than landmasses, and seeing how shipping and navigation is much more important than us simply finding precisely where we are on a world map that's why it's used.

This video is a bit misguided. Here are the figures: Population Europe 741,854,085, size of Europe 10,180,000 km2 , USA population 341,246,723, size of USA 9,629,091 sq km (but yes, if you go by single country then the USA is the forth largest in the world). Population of Canada 39,107,046, Size of Canada 9,984,670 km, Population Brazil 217,275,879, size Brazil 8,511,965 sq km, Australia 7,682,300 km2, China 9,572,900 km2, Russia 17,098,242 Km²; Africa 30.37 million sq km (largest African country Algeria - 2,381,741 sq. km;) India 3.28 million sq km; Kazakhstan 2,724,900 sq km; etc! In other words EUROPE IS LARGER THAT THE US IN BOTH GEOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION SIZE.

I think most people in school learned with the Mercator projection map. I did. And a trusty globe that I had from when I was 4 years old, but broke right before I moved out.

The worst part about the population of Wyoming is that they have the same amount of senators that California does.

If you're looking for a book about navigating the globe, there's always "Around the World in 80 Days", which I remember loving reading when I was a kid.

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Same here, the Sahara and Africa thing blew my mind. I knew it was large and that maps shrink it a bit but seriously that's nuts.

I'm from New Zealand, and I found that although it is relatively small, it's interesting how it's bigger than it seems. If you overlay it over Europe, it stretches from Helsinki, Finland to Budapest, Hungary; over North America it stretches from Jacksonville, FL to Toronto, Canada.

Maps are fun, there are representative maps (like the world map) and grid maps (like those used by the military). Grid maps are supposed to be accurate so precise coordinates can be set. Also, topo maps are cool and have to be updated regularly because the landscape can be changed. Cool video young lady.

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Hannah Fry on Numberphile had a fun video exploring map projections.