To put this in perspective, the area of Alaska, the largest US state, is twice t...

		arbuge on Aug 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The True Size of Africa - Misleading Maps To put this in perspective, the area of Alaska, the largest US state, is twice that of Texas - many Americans have at least a basic idea of how large Texas is, if not Alaska. The area of Africa is 18 times that of Alaska.