The World is Round ©. But we want a map on a flat sheet of paper ©

The World is Round©

But we want a map on a flat sheet of paper

Mercator

To flatten the World

we could stretch it…

and stretch it…..©

But watch ©

AFRICA©

What has happene

The shapes of the countries are messed

For instance

Britain

and India

Seem to be the same size ©

but India is actually 13 x the

size of Britain

So let’s try another way of flattening the

Take an Orange

Mark it like this

Cut along the lines

Cut one side open

Open up

Eat the fruit

Flatten out the peel

Here is an orange peel map of the

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