Who’s the victim in A ? And why is the victim related to B ?

A

B
A – xkcd mocking Google Maps
B – The first ever Mercator projection
Google Maps uses the Mercator projection for its maps
Cracked in full only by Anil Raghavan and in half by Rithwik . Brilliant job !
A-Google Maps Team
B-May be world’s first map (wild guess)
google maps connected to mercator’s projection