The Mercator World Map
Facts
- It was used to help people navigate the world
- Created by Gerardus Mercator
- Created in 1569
- Type of map projection
- Distorts the sizing of each country
- Cylindrical Projection map
- Meridians are equally spaced parallel vertical lines
- Enables navigators to plot a straight-line courses
- Less practical for being used as a world map
Peters Projection World Map
- All countries are in correct size in relation to each other
- Created by James Gall and Arno Peters
- Started to gain more popularity in 1974
- Introduced during a press conference in Germany by Arno Peters
- Created in 1885
- Has distortion, Because any flat map won't be able to be a perfect match to a globe
- Yet has less distortion the Mercator's World Map
- Accurately shows how Africa is 14x bigger than Greenland
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