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Why every map is wrong?

 We use map a lot in our life. There are very important facts that you have to know. Every map is wrong! Let's check it out!

 I said that all map is wrong right? Actually, it is impossible to make a 100% accurate map! Remember that I am talking about flat map, not globe and or a google earth. 

 For a long time, people didn't even try to make it. In 150 AD, A Greek mathematician and astronomer tried it for the first time and used the longitude and latitude that we still use. But there was problem in this map too. Because Earth is round, not flat. In 1569, Gerardas Mercator solved this problem. But also, there was the one tiny hitch. He distorted land and water bodies to create a perfect map. So the countries far from the equator got bigger and the countries close to them got smaller. In one sentence, it was not accurate. In 1940, the map was made and it was good because this map doesn't distort the ocean and the land. How? Actually this map was flat but It was cut into pieces like an orange peel. So far, the most accurate map is Autograph World Map in 1999. The continents and oceans are almost perfect and it is rectangles shape we wanted! Could this be a perfect map? Well, no! This map gives the white nation a sense of superiority, so their land is bigger than their real land.