Its about 1569 map Of the World

Question

Compare a modern Mercator Projection of eastern North America with Mercator's map. How are the two maps different? How are they similar?

Answer 1

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Mercator_1569.png

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