PERCEPTIONANDREPRESENTATIONHow do texts reveal: • “facts”? • Truth? • reality? • Cultural beliefs?• Social attitudes

history and time?• Concepts?

Mercator Projection Map of the World – 1569 By Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator

Peters Projection of the Map of the World – the first version was published in 1885 (by a Scottish cartographer named James Gall). It was not “used” until 1973!

The Peters Projection was the name given to the map in 1973 – by German Arno Peters (a historian and film-maker).