8. The Sudan* x The United States
*before South Sudan officially became an independent state on July 9, 2011
18. The U.S. vs The World
19. Maps are just all wrong. Here’s how the world map should look according to “The West Wing”:
Ah, the politics of map design.
The Gall-Peters Projection world map
While originally created by James
Gall in 1885, the Gall-Peters Projection came into public consciousness
in 1967 when Arno Peters championed it as a more accurate representation
of the size of countries. It was considered controversial for calling
into question the way the “third-world” is represented.
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