• 4am@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    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

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      7 months ago

      We would if the focus of the map was to depict the routes of the first explorers.

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        7 months ago

        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.