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If we were missing whole continents, I don’t think we’d split the remaining supercontinent across the edges of the map and focus on the ocean lol
We would if the focus of the map was to depict the routes of the first explorers.
Very good point!
Knowing the right distances would be extremely important for them. Columbus thought the world map looked like this, which is why he set out on his trip and why almost everyone in Portugal and Spain (rightfully) thought he was an idiot. He got lucky there was an entire continent between Europe and Asia.
an American must have drawn this
Was going to say. Even in this map the centre is where the US would be.
I was just coming here to point this out. Thank you. Additionally, are the inherent flaws of Mercator projection still a mystery to these people?
