#3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

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Seven circles representing globes are shown, each with part of a named continent projected on to it. In order of decreasing size of both circles and continents, these are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. The circles are arranged in position roughly where they would be on a Mercator projection map centered on the Prime Meridian, from North America at upper left to Australia at lower right; Antarctica, which could be placed anywhere along the lower edge, is shown in the southern Indian Ocean close to Australia.

A caption above the circles reads, "Bad map projection #194: Interrupted spheres" and below that, "To avoid the distortion inherent to a single flat world map, each continent is projected onto its own globe."