
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5r60v4mro
Även om proportionerna vart fel så var Mercator smart.
MVHThe now widely used Mercator map was created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator.
Its main purpose was to help European sailors navigate the oceans, as cartography Professor James Cheshire at University College London explained.
"He wanted a straight line to be drawn on a map to look like a straight line in reality if you followed a compass bearing," he told the BBC. "That was what it was intended to do, and that's what it does brilliantly well."
Hans