Both maps below show St. Pierre and Miquelon highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates St. Pierre and Miquelon about 2.1× at 47°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 242 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 2.1× inflation is why St. Pierre and Miquelon dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover St. Pierre and Miquelon on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
St. Pierre and Miquelon: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 242 km² | 519 km² | 2.1× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew St. Pierre and Miquelon at about 519 km². The truth is 242 km², a difference of 114% that school atlases carried for centuries.