Africa In Perspective: It’s big. Really big.

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I’ve always known that Africa was a very big continent. But I didn’t know it was this big! [via]

The African continent is apparently big enough to fit the United States, India, Argentina, Western Europe, and most of China in it’s space! In fact, all together, these 5 countries still do not make up the total square kilometers of Africa.

Anyway, on a related note, if you like maps, you’ll probably love The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (11th ed.), available at Amazon.com for $157.50.

I wish I owned this book. If anybody wants to get me an easy gift, this book would be it.


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36 Responses to “Africa In Perspective: It’s big. Really big.”

  1. Stephanie Says:

    That’s crazy!

  2. meneame.net Says:

    África en perspectiva: Es grande. Realmente grande…

    Cuando vemos en las noticias lo que pasa en el continente africano, no nos llegamos a hacer una idea de que lo que estamos viendo son historias de miseria y guerra de un conjunto de paises que ocupan una superficie superior a la suma de EEUU, Europa oc…

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  4. JM Says:

    See http://www.petersmap.com/

  5. FranMollina Says:

    Comparan paises con un continente ….

    coso reply on June 3rd, 2008 3:24 am:

    Gran observación!

    Juan Jose reply on June 14th, 2008 6:03 am:

    Los gringos ven a Africa como un todo, lo cual no es asi por mas que quieran. Igual nos quieren ver a nosotros, Republica Dominicana y Haiti, como un solo.

    Ilusos!

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  7. Arwen Says:

    Y si ponemos a rusia que seria? rusia china y india?

    Es grande, pero no se puede hacer uno una idea si se comparan paises con un continente entero. Sud America es más pequeño que Africa, pos eso ya es una buena comparación no?

  8. Arwen Says:

    Me acabo de mirar el planeta en google, Rusia es mas grande que Africa entera :s

    coso reply on June 3rd, 2008 3:24 am:

    Arriba lo pone JM, mira este mapa:

    See http://www.petersmap.com/

  9. Oleg Says:

    Arwen, te acaban de decir que todo es cuestión de perspectiva en los mapas. Mira en cualquier enciclopedia, y descubriras que aunque parezca en los mapas que Rusia es más grande que África, en realidad África tiene casi el doble de kilómetros cuadrados que Rusia (30.000.000 contra 17.000.000)

  10. DavidSO Says:

    Grande en extensión pero muy pequeña en cuanto a riqueza. Reflexionemos.

    Jose Enrique reply on June 3rd, 2008 5:52 am:

    Africa es enorme en riqueza, alli hay diamantes, bosques, petroleo….

    está asediada por nuestro putrefacto mundo

  11. ayfrika Says:

    comparad la poblacion entre Africa y el conjunto de esos paises…

  12. BernatDesclot Says:

    Joder… pues si tienen que venir todos los de africa en españa… ¿donde los metemos?

    Fernando Barboza reply on June 3rd, 2008 6:05 pm:

    Señor Desclot no se preocupe que cuando se fueron todos los europeos a äfrica a colonizar, esclavizar y a cometer todo tipo de genocídios no se vinieron todos a España. el mundo es interdependiente y que piensa usted que todo el mundo quiere venir a España, no se lo cre ni usted

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  14. telenius Says:

    Neither Europe nor Western Europe are a country.

  15. Spaniard Says:

    You are comparing a whole continent against a few countries. You also say “5 countries”, but “Western Europe” is not a country.

    However, Africa has been represented smaller than it is, because the maps become too big or the “important” countries too small. If somebody wants to watch an map of Africa with precision, he will use one specific, while a mapa mundi can be used to locate smaller countries like the ones in Europe.

    Here is a mapamundi in real scale:
    http://bp0.blogger.com/_OBLhGXFVaJg/R7MW5fJCOmI/AAAAAAAAApk/9gRjSWCHx1A/s1600-h/peters.jpg

    I guess I got to explain also that Spain is NOT in South America, but in Europe. You think spaniards are poor, but we are like italians, including the culture.

    Another thing important is that in South America are MANY countries, and just ONE of them is Mexico. When in your films you show spanish people, it doesn’t mind wherever he is (even Spain, in Europe). You always use the mexican speech. That’s no sense. Peru is different from Argentina, from Spain, from Cuba, from Mexico…

    Sorry for the lesson, but I really think it was necessary. Please, excuse my english, but it’s not my first language.

    Daddyorama reply on June 3rd, 2008 10:22 pm:

    Sorry Spaniard but Mexico isn’t a South American country. It is on the North America Continent. You are correct that the Spanish speaking countries, like the English speaking countries, are all different in the way they speak but Mexico, because of it’s close proximity has the biggest influence in Hollywood films.

    Spaniard reply on June 4th, 2008 2:07 am:

    Yes, you are right. In fact, we have two ways to divide America. South/North (Sudamérica/Norteamérica) and South/Middle/North (Sudamérica/Mesoamérica o Centroamérica/Norteamérica).

    But to refer to spanish countries, we use “Latinoamérica” or “Hispanoamérica”. So, while I was writing, I mistook South America with “Latinoamérica”.

    I also understand the reason why Hollywood uses mexicans to represent every spanish in the world. But it is a big mistake. It is not just the speech. The culture is totally different. Kechua are only in Peru, Mariachis in Mexico. People in Spain and Argentina are completely white skinned, not bronze (avoiding sun bath and exceptions, of course).

    alipio reply on June 23rd, 2008 7:49 am:

    doh.

    Mexico is not in South America, where the hell are you from?

  16. Scott Says:

    you are comparing a continent against 5 random “countries.” maybe you should say, “Asia in perspective, It’s fucking huge”

  17. redundant replyier Says:

    Africa and Western Europe are not countries…where did u go to school?

  18. kristy Says:

    Spaniard beat me to it; this comparison is ridiculous. What a waste of time.

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  23. M Says:

    what happened to france?

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  25. karlontxo Says:

    acabo de verme la chota.. es mas grande que las dos manos de tu hermana…. o la boca de tu vieja

  26. jamie Says:

    great….with all those natural resources put in the hands of dictators…they deserve what they get…it’s darwinism in action….let them destroy themselves so the continent can be put to good use for the rest of the planet

  27. honercek Says:

    Africa is a big continent

    I had no idea about how big the Africa is before. By putting many countries on the Africa, it’s apparent to give us the direct perspective.

  28. A.Alaalas Says:

    Could you then compare that map with one sized to population? Another instructive Africa image is the nighttime satellite view with so little urban light except for Cairo, Nigeria and S. Africa.

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