Why do world maps always show the Americas on the west and Asia on the east?

Question

If the world is round can we make any point of the world the center in maps? Or is there a specific reason all the world maps show the continents in the same orientation?

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Answer 1

Because that’s the orientation that minimizes cutting land masses in half and appearing on opposite ends of the map — cut in the Pacific where there is the greatest contiguous water.