Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is.

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...