the most accurate representation of the world. The map engendered controversy. The map projection Peters claimed to have developed had been presented more than a century earlier by the Reverend James Gall, and, despite Peters's claims, the projection was not the first or only equal-area projection. Many other of his claims were disputed or debunked. Despite criticism, over 80 million of Peters's maps have been distributed worldwide. In 1989 Peters published The Peters Atlas of the World, which at the time was the only atlas that represented all areas on about the same scale. See also Meridian 11°15' East References External links Stefan Müller: "Equal Representation of Time and Space: Arno Peters' Universal History", in: History Compass, vol. 8 (2010) no. 7, p. 718–729. Info on the Peters Atlas New Internationalist magazine obituary Time magazine commentary 1916 births 2002 deaths German cartographers Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German male non-fiction writers 20th-century German historians 20th-century cartographers