Eckert IV beats ‘Mercator’!*
Where have I heard this name before?
On new world map all eyes train:
Africa - made great again!
With this scale-up, Greenland shrinks;
Most vote in favour; U.S. thinks
That its landmass is down-sized;
A lonely ‘no’ voice; who’s surprised?
Let us get land in proportion:
Mercator’s world map caused distortion
So, the U.N. Powers decreed**
This new version fills a need!
In what way will our views change?
A smaller Canada is strange;
Why does its Neighbour make a fuss?
As there’s still room for all of us!
(c) Poet in the woods 2026
* Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines.
** On September 4th, 2026
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