Can’t believe Portugal is nearly the same size as Portugal
They are completely different colors, however. 🤔
Red Portugal is best Portugal
Oooh, I’m a rebel just for kicks, now
You’re the man
The Portugal she told you not to worry about
They would be the exact same size if Portugal didn’t have that Lisboa sized gap by its western border
Holy shit, I don’t think you can just go around saying “Lisboa sized gap,” wtf.
My apologies
A lisboa shaped gap
There is no one accepted standard for a Lisboa. All Lisboas are beautiful in their own right.
A large Portugal the size of a small Portugal.
Can you put Portugal A little to the left so I can see Spain better?
If you think that’s impressive, just look at the size of Spain compared to Spain
Man, the mercator projection really messes up the perspective, I never would have guessed!!
What are those rectangle territories on the top left?
Those are just decoration
Damn that’s a good shitpost.
This might be my favorite shitpost of all time haha
I don’t get it. The joke is “haha it’s actually not a misleading projection”… ?
Mercator’s deformation show up when you move countries north/south. Since Portugal only moved slightly East the apparent size basically didn’t change. (You can even see and compare real Portugal just left of the red projection)
Right. The reason I don’t get the post is that I thought everyone would know and see this ^
I feel like this post is taking a picture of a cube, calling it a cube, then I’m supposed to doubt that it’s a cube. Which I wouldn’t…
The mercator projection really oversells the size of portugal. If you ordered a large pizza you’ll have to eat it outside of the country.
So thats why the Portuguese description on products is always smaller than the Spanish one!
Jamón presunto
The artist should’ve gone full 🤪
me lo voy a robar
do NOT steal Portugal!!
This is surprising to a lot of people because everyone is used to seeing mercator projection maps, which skew the true size of countries
Quality shitpost
Thank you, I’ve always wondered how their sizes compare, this is a great visual representation. So clear.
But how big is it compared to France?
Bah! That’s nothing! You should see the size of Antarctica compared to Spain!
They’re so far apart it’s almost the cartographical equivalent of licking your elbows.
This Azores erasure will not stand.
