World Map - Mercator Projection | Geographic Reference #3857850 (License: Personal Use)

This stylized world map uses the Mercator projection, which preserves angles and shapes locally but exaggerates landmass sizes near the poles (e.g., Greenland appears larger than Africa). Continents are shown in solid green against a light blue ocean, with clear continental outlines and minimal detail for educational clarity. The map includes Antarctica at the bottom, as is conventional in this projection.

Used in educational materials, geography classrooms, and introductory cartography resources to illustrate how map projections affect perception of size and distance. Matches user intent for basic world geography visualization or understanding projection trade-offs.