| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| South Georgia and the Islands | 3,670 km² | 10,863 km² | 3× |
| Greenland | 2,154,754 km² | 25,447,645 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | — | 1× |
Old maps drew South Georgia and the Islands at about 10,863 km² km². The truth is 3,670 km² km² — a difference of 196%% that school atlases carried for centuries.