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The world maps created by Ibn Idrisi were different from older maps created
by Ptolemy because they:
A. were based on the idea of a spherical Earth.
B. exaggerated the sizes of landmasses near the equator.
C. relied heavily on the distorted Mercator projection.
D. were designed to promote travel by sea rather than land.

Answer :

The world maps created by Ibn Idrisi were different from older maps created by Ptolemy because they exaggerated the sizes of landmasses near the equator. Thus the option (B) is correct.

Who was Ibn Idrisi?

Ibn Idrisi was the Arab geographer who made more than 70 maps. He was also the cartographer and the Egyptologist who created the maps of Mediterranean Sea, northern Africa, Europe, and parts of Asia.

The  Ibn Idrisi maps were different from the older maps created by Ptolemy because they exaggerated the sizes of landmasses near the equator. Thus the option (B) is correct.

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