I recently saw this post and video and recommend it to you to view - "Why all world maps are wrong" or, my subtitle, "a sphere does not lend itself to depiction on a flat surface":
https://sharylattkisson.com/2019/06/why-all-world-maps-are-wrong/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SharylAttkisson+%28Sharyl+Attkisson%29
The video mentions another website, https://thetruesize.com
I found it interesting to take the map of Texas and overlay it on top of other places around the globe... one thing that I learned was, though Alaska is certainly bigger than Texas, it isn't as much bigger than Texas as I had thought based on the fact that Alaska gets a boost in size from being closer to the poles.
The video also mentions this site: http://metrocosm.com/compare-map-projections.html
An interesting way to swap between different map projections and see the impact.
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