It is interesting to learn that throughout our time people that drew maps would make their countries look bigger. Because of that there are now people fighting over the size of Britain. Here is some of the article:
"About two years ago I was looking at a map of the world and noticed that Britain seemed disproportionately large.Link
My companion remarked that this was because in days of yore whoever was drawing the map always made their country look bigger and more important. This nugget of information sticks in the brain.
So for the last two years I've been taking pictures of Britain on world maps. Not accurate maps, but drawings or illustrations of maps. The differences are amazing. You might assume that all maps were accurate, or at least accurate-ish. But no, designers play fast and loose with the truth making the host country bigger, more important or more central."
