A map of the world can teach kids about so many things — not just different countries in the world, but also where they live in comparison to other countries, features of different countries and how ...

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Imagine you live in Europe in 1490. The map you see below (Figure 1) is what you think the world looks like; it’s all there is. A few years later, explorers discover a whole new continent, expanding ...