What was the initial reaction to the unveiling of the peters map projection?

a. it was condemned by african countries for reinforcing european political agendas.
b. it gained widespread public acceptance but was condemned by organizations such as the united nations and the catholic church.
c. it gained acceptance among cartographers, but was slow to gain acceptance by the public because it looked radically different from the mercator projection.
d. it was largely ignored until web-based mapping became widespread, at which point the map projection became widely used.
e. it was embraced by the international press and many organizations but rejected by cartographers as being full of errors.