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World map in equal area presentation [map] : Peters projection / English version by Oxford Cartographers Ltd

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Oxford Cartographers Ltd
Published
New York : Friendship Press, [1984?]
Physical Description
1 map : color ; 72 x 113 cm

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ISBN
0377730090
Cartographic Mathematical Data
Scale 1:635,500,000. One sq. in. on the map = 158,000 sq. miles. One sq. cm on the map = 63,550 sq. km Peters projection (W 180 0--E 180 0/N 90 0--S 90 0).
Note
Relief shown by spot heights.
Seven ancillary maps depict examples of distortion on the "traditional" map.
Accompanied by: A new view of the world, a handbook to the world map: Peters Projection / Ward L. Kaiser. (42 p. ; 22 cm.). See call# GA115.K35 1987.
Text in margin.
"This map is produced with the support of: United Nations Development Programme through Friendship Press, New York".
"This projection shows countries in proportion to their relative sizes".
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