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2. Carboning

Requirements: Original map, a white sheet of paper, a sharp
pencil and a piece of carbon paper.
Method: i. Keep the white sheet of paper on a table or
desk.

ii. Put the carbon paper on top of it.
iii. Now put the original map to be reproduced
on the top.
iv. With the help of a sharp pencil mark along
the outline of the original map pressing
a little hard, but without damaging the
map.
v. When the process is complete remove the
carbon paper and the map.

Result: The map is ready.

Sheet of paper

Original Map

Carbon paper

3. Copying

Requirements: Original map, blank sheet of paper, pencil and
an eraser.
Method: i. For this method, look at the map and try to
draw it free hand.

ii. First, the copied map will look distorted,
but with several practices one will be able
to draw a perfect map.

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