| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Palau | 343 km² | 350 km² | 1× |
| Greenland | 2,154,754 km² | 25,447,645 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | — | 1× |
Old maps drew Palau at about 350 km² km². The truth is 343 km² km² — a difference of 2%% that school atlases carried for centuries.