This proportional map infographic created by Alberto Lucas Lopéz for the 'South China Morning Post' shows the world's largest languages.

You can print out and fold the map, so you can have your own hyper proportional paper globe. The thing that makes this map truly innovative is that when you transfer it from a 3D globe to a 2D map ...

Most maps we see in our everyday lives are based on the Mercator projection, which was created in the 1500s. U.S. ... True Scale Map of the World Shows How Big Countries Really Are.