1. The World is Round ©

2. But we want a map on a flat sheet of paper ©

3. Mercator

4. To flatten the World ©

5. we could stretch it… ©

6. and stretch it….. ©

7. ©

8. But watch ©

9. AFRICA ©

10. ©

11. ©

12. ©

13. What has happened?

14. The shapes of the countries are messed up

15. For instance ©

16. Britain ©

17. and India ©

18. ©

19. Seem to be the same size ©

20. but India is actually 13 x the size of Britain

21. So lets try another way of flattening the World

22. Take an Orange ©

23. Mark it like this ©

24. Cut along the lines ©

25. Cut one side open ©

26. Open up ©

27. Eat the fruit ©

28. Flatten out the peel ©

29. Here is an orange peel map of the World