The "Atlantis" projection by John Ian Bartholomew
For example: www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...
Available in d3: observablehq.com/@d3/atlantis

Excellent!
Changing projection is another approach we tried but it can be harder to identify countries shapes.

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Very nice!
A few years back we faced the same problem and tried different solutions.
From using a different projection to cutting the map and even rotating it.
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