Found a website that has a whole bunch of info about map projections (the different ways a globe can be displayed on a flat surface). The first link is a page on the site that uses different polyhedrons and mathematical shapes to display a globe.

The second link is to the main page that has a whole bunch of different ways a globe can be displayed. If you are interested in myriad ways to display the continents of a world, give Pogonos a look.