In fact, Gall's projection was slightly different to Peters', and it was not until late in life that Peters became aware of it.
Peters did not engage with his more vitriolic critics, pleased that the map was provoking thought and debate about the way maps shape our view of the world.
ArnoPeters, historian, was born in Berlin on May 22, 1916, and died in Bremen on December 2, 2002, at the age of 86.