A map projection that shows accurate shape but a distorted size is called.

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Your correct answer is B, a mercator map. the Mercator projection, the map most commonly seen hanging in classrooms and in text books, was created in 1596 to help sailors navigate the world. The familiar map gives the right shapes of land masses, but at the cost of distorting their sizes in favour of the wealthy lands to the north.<span>
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