Both maps below show Bermuda highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Bermuda about 1.4× at 32°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 54 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 1.4× inflation is why Bermuda dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Bermuda on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Bermuda: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Bermuda | 54 km² | 76 km² | 1.4× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Bermuda at about 76 km². The truth is 54 km², a difference of 40% that school atlases carried for centuries.