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Despite all that drawing, cartographers misdirected (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

even so

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'despite' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for even so that I've seen before include "Notwithstanding" , "'Despite, still (4,2)'" , "Just the same, though that may be the case" , "'Nonetheless (4,2)'" , "yet" .)

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