Mercator: The Projection That Conquered the Seas

Gerardus Mercator's 1569 line of rhumbs made the ocean legible — the straight-line course. The projection's history, its distortions, and the argument over the world it drew.

Playlist by @age_of_charts

8 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Why all world maps are wrong — Vox
2. Why every world map is wrong — Map Men
3. The World Map Is a Lie: How the Mercator Projection Warped Our Minds | Make This Make Sense — New York Post
4. Mercator Projection Explained (Why Does Greenland Look So Big On A World Map) — 3-Minute Explanation
5. What Exactly is Mercator Projection? The Map That Quietly Distorts Reality — History of Simple Things
6. Why (almost) all world maps are wrong | You're Doing it Wrong! Episode 6 | BBC Ideas — BBC Ideas
7. The Life And Death Of Gerardus Mercator — Eksplain
8. BBC News about the Mercator projection and Google Maps (broadcast August 2012?) — brightleighvideo