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Peters world map : the map which represents countries accurately according to their surface areas
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- Amherst, MA. : ODT Inc., [2006]
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- 1 map : color, laminated ; 71 x 109 cm on sheet 89 x 127 cm, folded to 30 x 22 cm + Booklet
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- ocn231850434
- Cartographic Data
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Scale 1:670,000,000, Peters proj(W 180°--W 180°/N 90°--S 90°).
- Accompanied by booklet: "An explanation of the Peters World Map."
- Relief shown by spot heights.
- "One square centimetre on the map = 67,000 square kilometres."
- "Copyright by Akademische Verlagsanstalt; English version by Oxford Cartographers; distributed in America by ODT."
- Seven ancillary maps depict examples of distortion on the "traditional" map.
- Includes an explanation of the Peters world map in margin.