It's certainly not a small island: It's about three times the size of Texas. But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than ...

The map problem is that in reverse - to get the middle of the globe to fit ... largest nation in the world. Poll: What do Americans think of Trump's plans to acquire Greenland?

In 1569, Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator drew such a world map ... globe, but it is still not close to being the same size as Africa – it’s actually 14 times smaller. Around 80% of ...

The map problem is that in reverse - to get the middle of the globe to fit smoothly ... it's around the 12th largest nation in the world. Greenland's 56,000 residents have their own government ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved ... For example, when compared to a globe, the island of Greenland at the top of the map appears much bigger ...

Maps are all imperfect because they portray the globe in just two dimensions. Most maps, like the Mercator projection, distort the size or shape of landmasses, which skews our perceptions of how ...

One way or the other,” President Donald Trump told Congress, the United States needs to “get” Greenland, strategically ...