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Maps are so deeply embedded in everyday life that we rarely pause to consider just how much they shape the way we understand the world. We use them to navigate unfamiliar cities, to follow the progress of storms, to visualise election results, and to settle arguments about the relative size of countries. Yet every…

• What point does the writer make about maps in the first paragraph?
• What is the main limitation of the Mercator projection according to the text?