The most glaring example of this distortion is Greenland, which appears to be about the same size as Africa on the map, but ...

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...

Portraying China’s presence in Africa with flags on maps can distort African states’ sovereignty and their power to make ...