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README.md

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 ## Description
 
 Heatmaps in a tile shape are an alternative to choropleth maps that
-don’t distort based on land mass size.
+don’t distort perception of results based on land mass size.
 
 This package is a essentially a fork of [Bob Rudis’s statebins
 package](https://github.com/hrbrmstr/statebin) designed for use for data
 involving Africa.
 
 This grid attempts to preserve the general position of countries on the
-contienet, while providing an equal area by country.
+continent, while providing an equal area by country.
 
 ## Whatcha Get?