How big is Africa (amazing graphic)

 

I maintained this blog regularly from 2003 to 2016. Although old posts are still online for reference, this post was published 16 years ago and it could be out of date.

 

This is an amazing graphic

You can buy the poster here.

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9 responses to “How big is Africa (amazing graphic)”

  1. cynan_sez avatar
    cynan_sez

    nice.

  2. Jim avatar
    Jim

    There’s a similar map, and lots of interesting discussion of Africa’s geography, in John Readers’s superb “Africa: A biography of the continent”, which I can’t recommend highly enough.

  3. Anthony Cardew avatar
    Anthony Cardew

    Reminds me of my only trip to Australia where there were postcards with a map of Australia superimposed on one of the U.S.A. which gave an idea of just how big Australia is. The map of Africa would be even better if populations of the various countries and continents were stated.

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  8. MamaT avatar
    MamaT

    This is great. We need a tee-shirt.

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