Why did The Nuremberg Chronicle's illustrators not concern themselves with depicting the different cities accurately?

A) Precise details cannot be portrayed in woodcuts.
B) Most readers had not been to those cities.
C) The artists were unfamiliar with the cities.
D) The images were too small to be exact pictures.


Answer: B) Most readers had not been to those cities.

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