PERCEPTION AND REPRESENTATION How do texts reveal: “facts”? Truth? reality? Cultural beliefs? Social attitudes history and time? Concepts?

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PERCEPTION AND REPRESENTATION How 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).