We Have Been Misled By A Flawed World Map For 500 Years

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Source: www.livelearnevolve.com | Original Post Date: August 15, 2013 –

We now know the Earth is round. Therefore, the challenge of any world map is to represent a round Earth on a flat surface. There are thousands of map projections, and each has certain strengths and corresponding weaknesses but the one you’re now picturing in your head most likely isn’t the area accurate representation. A more accurate representation of land mass is the Peters Projection Map seen here:

PETER’S PROJECTION WORLD MAP

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