Peters World Map - Laminated (53 x 77cm)

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It shows all seven continents, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. Although I love my globe, it’s a bit awkward to carry around. The Peters World Map is an Equal Area cylindrical projection with standard parallels at 45 degrees thus resulting in a distortion of shape which is stretched about the equator and squashed towards the poles, but having the great advantage that all countries are correct in size in relation to each other. Widely used in educational and business circles as an icon of the modern concept of world equality. THE HISTORY

The Gall–Peters projection is a rectangular, equal-area map projection. Like all equal-area projections, it distorts most shapes. It is a cylindrical equal-area projection with latitudes 45° north and south as the regions on the map that have no distortion.Maps not only represent the world, they shape the way we see it. The revolutionary Peters Projection map presents countries in their true proportion to one another: it has been adopted by the UN, aid agencies, schools and businesses around the world. WHAT IS THE PETERS MAP Picture a map of the world. What do you see? Latitude and longitude lines? Continents, oceans, and countries? But what if that map does not accurately represent our world? The Peters Projection is a map that does just that - it challenges our view of the world. Some of the benefits of using this projection include the following: They used to be hand-drawn to scale, from careful measurements of the distances and angles between landmarks. Controversy: While the intent behind Peters' Projection was to challenge traditional Eurocentric views, it has also been criticized as a political statement, making it vulnerable to falling into disuse as a tool for education and mapping. Decolonization of a variety of maps: Peters' projection map was designed to challenge the Eurocentric view of the world often portrayed in traditional map projections, which tends to diminish the importance of regions other than Europe and North America.

Distorted Shapes: While it preserves the area of land masses, it still does not preserve the shapes of countries, making it challenging to use for navigational purposes. It also has some distortion near the poles. Despite its flaws, the Peters Projection remains a valuable tool for changing how we see the world. It offers a new perspective that breaks away from the Eurocentric view that has dominated maps for centuries. By representing the regions' land area accurately, it challenges our traditional beliefs and makes us likely to see the world in a new light.A globe is a model of planet Earth, showing how it looks from space. This one shows all the countries of the world, almost 200, including the UK. Oh hello! I’m just working out where I am by using this world, er…globe to give it its proper name.