Why does the `map` method apparently not work on arrays created via `new Array(count)`?

I had a task that I only knew the length of the array and needed to transform the items.
I wanted to do something like this:

let arr = new Array(10).map((val,idx) => idx);

To quickly create an array like this:

[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

But it didn’t work because:
(see Jonathan Lonowski’s answer)

The solution could be to fill up the array items with any value (even with undefined) using Array.prototype.fill()

let arr = new Array(10).fill(undefined).map((val,idx) => idx);

console.log(new Array(10).fill(undefined).map((val, idx) => idx));

Update

Another solution could be:

let arr = Array.apply(null, Array(10)).map((val, idx) => idx);

console.log(Array.apply(null, Array(10)).map((val, idx) => idx));

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