maps

In class today we looked at the different types of maps and how some are more accurate than others. I learned that the Mercator map that we usually use is very wrong and the sizes of the continents are distorted. The peters map was more accurate but no flat map is going to be as accurate as a globe. The maps we have today are much better than in the past though because the older maps are by people who have never been to the Americas so it is only of Europe and Asia. These maps are very wrong and don't show the land in the right way.