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Why did Martin Waldseemüller and Mathias Ringmann depict India in greater detail than North America in their 1507 map Universalis Cosmographia?A. The mapmakers hoped to keep information about North America to themselves to safeguard their trade secrets.B. Europeans had explored India more often than they had explored North America when the map was made.C. The map was intended to encourage migration to India by assuring potential immigrants that the land was well known.D. North America was already familiar to most Europeans so there was less demand for a map that detailed its features.
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