what is problematic about the word “discovery” when used in the context of encountering native lands?

Because it was the Natives land. They'd been living on it for a long time, it was their home. It would be like if someone came into your house and said "oh what a nice place I've discovered! I think I'll call it home". You would be confused and irritated because it's your home. How could they "discover" it when it had already been claimed and discovered?

consider an orange peel: if you want to try and lay it flat, you have to stretch it, we know exactly how things are being stretched or squashed at any given point. we have many different map projections because each has different patterns of some projections can even preserve certain features of the earth without

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