Mercator Map vs peters map

There are many differences between the Mercator map and peters world map

Peters World Map:

Pros:
Displays all countries accurately 
Disregards power of all countries 
Africa and South America are drastically
Greenland is drastically decreased in size 

Cons:
Is not used frequently in the classroom's
Is not as well known around the world the Mercator map
People think it is wrong because many people have never seen before

Mercator World Map:

Pros:
More well known map around the world compared to the Peter's map
Everyone is used to it and is taught it when in school

Cons:
Does not correctly represent the size and orientation of the countries and land forms.
Favors a top to bottom attitude
Promotes social inequality with third world countries like Africa being smaller than it is in real life

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