Vatican City on the old map vs the new map — Mercator distortion and true size

Old map Mercator · 1569 – 2026

New map Equal Earth · 2026 – ongoing

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Old maps drew Vatican City at about 2 km² km². The truth is 1 km² km² — a difference of 81%% that school atlases carried for centuries.