| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Sint Maarten | 42 km² | 47 km² | 1.1× |
| Greenland | 2,154,754 km² | 25,447,645 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | — | 1× |
Old maps drew Sint Maarten at about 47 km² km². The truth is 42 km² km² — a difference of 11%% that school atlases carried for centuries.