Peter’s World Map – french

The British Library declares the Peters World Map one of the 10 most important maps ever produced in the world. Peter’s World Map – french shows each country in its actual area and on a directly comparable basis. Therefore, Peters’ world map is used by many aid agencies all over the world.

Projection Peter’s:

The Peters projection is a cartographic projection which, unlike the Mercator projection, allows the actual surface area of ​​the continents to be taken into account. Indeed, the Mercator projection, because of the distortions, makes the countries and continents of the temperate and especially polar zones appear larger: in the Mercator projection, Greenland appears as large as the African continent, whereas it is 14 to 15 times smaller.

The Peters projection is an equivalent projection: it preserves the areas, and therefore maintains the proportion between the areas on the map and the real areas. Thus, the ratios between the areas of the countries on the map correspond to the ratio of their real areas (Africa appears 14 to 15 times larger than Greenland). But locally, this projection does not preserve the angles, which results in the deformation of the continents unlike the Mercator map.

Dimensions:

• 83 x 52 cm
• 32 2/3 x 20 1/2 po

Format:

• Paper: cheaper but more fragile, Not recommended for schools and children. Best choice for framing or laminating.
• Laminated: tear-resistant and waterproof. Possibility of writing and erasing on the card using permanent marker or not. The best choice for schools and children.
  Mounting on rigid panel (lamination on wood or foamcore panel): please contact us to obtain an estimate.

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