Assertion: mercator projection | /r/HasProperty | eurocentric
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text: Those phrasing and examples should be avoided for two reasons: firstly, because they are mathematically imprecise and prone to confusion: Europe and North America appear larger relative to Africa in the same way that Asia and South America appear larger relative to Africa and Europe, and Central Africa appears smaller relative to northern and southern Africa; secondly because the issue was politically charged by the unfortunate Arno Peters controversy, when the German historian claimed that the Mercator projection was Eurocentric.