The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

In 1569, the great cartographer, Gerardus Mercator, created a revolutionary new map based on a cylindrical projection. The new map was well-suited to nautical navigation since every line on the ...

With a Mercator projection, as you move away from the equator, land masses appear increasingly larger as you approach the poles. That distortion is present on these maps.

With a Mercator projection, as you move away from the equator, land masses appear increasingly larger as you approach the poles. That distortion is present on these maps.

The flat world map we normally see is made by the Mercator projection, which is a cylindrical map projection developed by cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. While the linear scale is equal in ...

MAPS commonly used in schools rely heavily on a contorted version of the world from an earlier age in history. The map most widely adopted for educating youngsters was created by Gerardus Mercator ...

Because the Earth is roughly spherical, every flat map distorts our planet one way or another. The most popular version is the Mercator projection, created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus ...