PETERS MAP

The Peters Map is an Area Accurate projection of the earths surface. With the traditional Mercator Map (circa 1569, and still in use in many schoolrooms and boardrooms today), Greenland and Africa look the same size. But in reality, Africa is 14 times larger! In response to such discrepancies, Dr. Arno Peters created a new world map that dramatically improves the accuracy of how we see the Earth... The Peters Projection World Map is one of the most stimulating, and controversial, images of the world. When this map was first introduced by historian and cartographer Dr. Arno Peters at a Press Conference in Germany in 1974 it generated a firestorm of debate. The first English-version of the map was published in 1983, and it continues to have passionate fans as well as staunch detractors... The earth is round. The challenge of any world map is to represent a round earth on a flat surface. There are literally thousands of map projections. Each has certain strengths and corresponding..