Georgia: old map vs new map

Both maps below show Georgia highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Georgia about 1.8× at 42°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 69,700 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.

That 1.8× inflation is why Georgia dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Georgia on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.

Georgia: key figures

	True area	On the old Mercator map	Distortion vs truth
Georgia	69,700 km²	126,896 km²	1.8×
Greenland	2,166,086 km²	25,576,494 km²	11.8×
Africa	30,370,000 km²	n/a	n/a

Old maps drew Georgia at about 126,896 km². The truth is 69,700 km², a difference of 82% that school atlases carried for centuries.

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