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Flat lies about a round world, drawn so well you trust them anyway.
means Maps are scaled visual representations of places, showing how things relate in space.
from From Latin mappa, a napkin or cloth — because the earliest maps were literally sketched on fabric, the world rendered table-linen-sized.
Flat taxEvery flat map distorts size, shape, or distance — unavoidably.
Greenland lieMercator inflates it to Africa-size; it's fourteen times smaller.
North biasNorth-up is convention, not law; medieval maps faced east.