LogFAQs > #877126771

Ok, it seems the other posters already gave the same answer I would give regarding to the territory that each respective continent would cover in terms of square miles.

Most maps are distorted, and they have to give an approximation of how a curved surface looks on a flat-laid out surface, the picture from Buzzfeed is trying to give a flat, even projection for all the places it includes, it is not an actual depiction.

As far as the size of Africa as it would appear from an actual distance on a sphere, people have to keep in mind that all spheres distort the proportions due to perspective, so the closer the middle point and center point is to the viewer, that will be the widest coverage of surface directly, while as the other land curves around, it appears shorter and smaller due to perspective, because it indeed is farther away from the viewer.

Note, that does not justify that false United States picture.

Anyway, if one wishes, I could do simple snapshots of Google Earth from various angles of Africa and other places to see how the shape seems to be distorted as the viewer's field of view is altered.
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