| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Solomon Islands | 25,732 km² | 26,247 km² | 1× |
| Greenland | 2,154,754 km² | 25,447,645 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | — | 1× |
Old maps drew Solomon Islands at about 26,247 km² km². The truth is 25,732 km² km² — a difference of 2%% that school atlases carried for centuries.