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Why do mapmaker have to choose between showing the correct land shapes or distances on earth

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Reports from pioneers who had cruised the seas, geographers understood the Earth was not flat.then another model of the Earth must be found. after a globe, a circular scale model of the planet was invented.the globe of the Earth best demonstrates the sizes of landmasses and mapmakers need to pick between demonstrating the right land shape or separations on earth.
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