The Vision of the Anointed

A MERCATOR map shows areas near the equator relatively smaller than similar-sized areas nearer the poles. Because so many of the poorer nations of the world are in or near the tropics, their areas seem smaller on the Mercator map, relative to the nations of Europe and North America.

“In our society,” a critic claimed, “we unconsciously equate size with importance and even with power, and if the Third World countries are misrepresented, they are likely to be valued less.”