Thinking Geographically

7. Authagraph
Made by Hajime Narukawa in 1999
This map has no straight longitude or latitude lines. This map is trying to get the most accurately proportioned flat map from a 3d map. This map has the same idea as the Goode-Homolosine map which is to unfold a rounded map into a flat one. 
6. Winkel-Tripel
Made my Oswald Winkel in 1921
This map has straight longitude lines but the only straight latitude line is the prime meridian. This map is the opposite of the Robinson and Mollweide map because the boxes get bigger as they get bigger the closer they to get to the equator. In this map the boxes get bigger the further they are from the equator. 
5. Mollweide
Made by Karl Brandan Mollweide in 1805
This map has straight latitude lines but the farther from the prime meridian the less straight the longitude lines are. This map is similar to Robinson because closer to the equator the boxes are larger and farther they get smaller.
2. Robinson
Made by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963
This map has straight latitude lines but the longitude lines are not straight. This map is different from the others because the proportions are pretty even. 

1. Mercator
Made by Gerardus Mercator in 1569
This map has straight longitude and latitude lines. This is the map that we use most because it is the most accurate. 
3. Goode-Homolosine
Made by J. Paul Goode in 1923
This map has straight latitude lines and some straight longitude lines. This map is like an orange peel, trying to map something 3d onto a flat surface. This map is similar to an Authagraph because they are both trying to map out the correct proportions form a 3d map onto a flat map.
4. Gall-Peters
Made by Arno Peters in 1973
This map has straight latitude and longitude lines. The boxes closest to the equator are larger then the boxes farthest from the equator. This makes the map distorted because the countries closest to the equator are larger then they should be. This map is similar to the Winkel-Tripel map.
I feel the Robinson map most accurately represents the world because it is rounded unlike the other maps which are rectangles. Also, the country sizes are similar to the sizes of the Mercator map which is the one we use now because people think that map is most accurate.

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