Propaganda Map

http://neatmap.blogspot.com/2011/04/propaganda-map-ronald-reagans-world.html

Propaganda maps are purposefully distorted to convey a political ideal. This cartographic technique is used for political persuasion and many times leads to disputes or misinterpretations. Above is a propaganda map representing, "the world according to Ronald Reagan." The cartographer uses distortion to portray USA as the largest, most powerful country in that it claims rights to land outside our territory. For example, there is "our oil" in the Middle East, instead of a united country of China there is "their China" and "our China," and Africa is extremely small representing Ronald Reagan's lack of care for that continent.