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Peters Projection MapAtlas

Society & Culture · Education & indoctrination

Equal-area world map popularized by Arno Peters as a challenge to Mercator classroom maps. One camp treats it as a size correction; the other as another political choice of projection, often under the name Gall–Peters.

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  1. 1973 · eventArno Peters publicly promotes the Peters equal-area world map
  2. 1973 · first_appearanceArno Peters promotes the Peters world map projection
  3. 1983 · document_releaseEnglish Peters world map circulated via cartographic publishers
  4. 1983 · document_releaseOxford Cartographers issues English-language Peters world map editions
  5. 1983-06 · amplificationNew Internationalist features Peters’ Projection World Map
  6. 1983-06 · amplificationNew Internationalist features the Peters Projection World Map
  7. 2003 · amplificationNew Internationalist publishes a retrospective on Professor Arno Peters
  8. 2004 · document_releaseMonmonier publishes Rhumb Lines and Map Wars on Mercator projection politics
  9. 2020 · amplificationCartography essays and archives recirculate Peters projection debate
  10. 2020 · amplificationCartography essays and archives recirculate the Peters projection debate
  11. 2021 · document_releaseMilhaud Maps releases a Peters projection world map with 2021 political boundaries
  12. 2023 · mutationCommercial catalogues continue listing Oxford Cartographers Peters environmental and political sheets

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