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National Geographic World Maps
Setting the highest standard for cartographic excellence
Since publishing its first World Map in 1922, National Geographic has excelled in the art and science of mapmaking. National Geographic’s unique cartographic style is defined by beautiful color palettes, proprietary typefaces, hand-drawn shaded relief, and carefully researched content. The attention to detail and accuracy is what really sets National Geographic apart from other mapmakers. Each World Map has been carefully compiled based upon the latest data sources and independent verification of disputed boundaries, borders, and territories. When this level of research is combined with great design, the result is the best line of World Maps currently available.
Wall Map formats
- Paper: High-quality matte poster stock, printed in the USA
- Laminated: Plastic gloss lamination increases durability
- Poster size: 24" x 36", designed to fit precut poster frames
- Standard size: Approximately 30" x 46"
- Enlarged size: Approximately 48" x 73
- Mural size: Approximately 77" x 110", comes as three panels that mount using wallpaper glue
Four distinctive styles
Classic
The Classic style is the traditional National Geographic design that has been featured in so many of the maps produced as supplements in the National Geographic Magazine over the years. Highlights include blue oceans with bathymetric contour steps, brightly-colored tint bands along country borders, and hand-drawn shaded relief. This style contains the highest level of detail. This map is presented in the Winkel Tripel projection, which minimizes distortion and creates a very recognizable shape of the Earth.
Executive
The Executive style is a perfect match for home and office décor as it pairs nicely with wood and leather furnishings. Featuring an antique, earth-tone color palette combined with up-to-date cartography, this has become National Geographic’s bestselling World Map design. The subdued beige of the oceans is enhanced with bathymetric shading showing underwater terrain features. This style contains the highest level of detail. This map is presented in the Winkel Tripel projection, which minimizes distortion and creates a very recognizable shape of the Earth.
Decorator
The Decorator style is the brightest of the National Geographic World Map designs and is perfect for kids’ bedrooms, classrooms, and those who want a pop of color on the wall. Featuring solid colors filling each country, pale blue oceans with bathymetric shaded relief, and a black border around the whole image, this World Map is beautiful and easy-to-read. This style contains the second highest level of detail. This map is presented in the Winkel Tripel projection, which minimizes distortion and creates a very recognizable shape of the Earth.
Modern
The Modern style is the minimalist amongst National Geographic’s World Map designs. It simply presents the beautiful shape of the Earth’s land mass, in solid black, sitting on top of slate blue/gray oceans. This map also includes country names, borders, and major cities in contrasting white. This design is compatible with modern home and office décor, pairing well with glass and metal furnishings. This style contains the lowest level of detail. This map was developed using the Times projection, which features minimal distortion in the equatorial regions of the Earth.
Bewinkeled
2025-08-24 10:47:47
After spending at least an hour looking through many different world map options, I settled on this one, and I'm so glad I did! My husband and I both love it--for the visual appeal, the readability, and the rich topographical detail.I went into my search knowing only that I wanted a map that was accurate, readable, and sufficiently detailed, yet more attractive than the 2-dimensional, pastel-countries-on-flat-blue-ocean style map (with 9,723 thumbtack holes in it) that had served us well for years while our kids were growing up. We're slowly reclaiming our lower-level "schoolroom" as grown-up space and wanted something nice on the wall, so it was time for the big, blue, raggedy-cornered world map and its equally raggedy US counterpart to go. Since my husband is all about rooms looking nice and not so much about geography--or so I thought--I was pleasantly surprised by his remark just days later that he missed having maps to look at. So I set out to find a frame-worthy world map that was visually appealing without sacrificing educational value on the altar of artsy-ness. It also needed to be reasonably priced and have a coordinating US map in case we want to add that in the future. And the ocean could not be blue unless it was a very, very pale blue. This is where I landed.Out of the various maps that fit the bill, I chose this one for the projection (most accurate in terms of relative land mass size), the maker (National Geographic is a name I trust), the bold colors (visual pop and ease in identifying political borders), and the topographical depth. In all these things I was not disappointed, and my husband--for whom it was a surprise gift--was quite impressed and pleased. The color is richer and the depth more stunning than I had anticipated, yet they do not obscure the text. Even the variegated depths of the ocean floor are conveyed, and the corner maps are a fun and fascinating bonus. I may have preferred fewer city names, as certain areas--especially Europe and parts of the US--feel a bit cluttered with text, but that's a minor point. And, as though it were not visually appealing enough already, the black border sets the whole thing off quite nicely, as if to say, "This is not your grandfather's National Geographic map. This is geographically accurate art."The day it arrived, we could have looked at it for hours. I can't wait til he makes a frame and we can hang it! When the kids come over, I'll bet they'll love it too--once they've had sufficient therapy to work through their feelings about having been raised with dumbphones and flat-blue-ocean maps.
Daniel
2025-06-30 16:58:04
If you are looking for an honest review of this product then you are in the right place. I received this map just a few days ago to replace my new one and I can honestly say that this map is perfect. It comes laminated out of the box so don't expect it to be ripping on you anytime soon. Not only is the durability of the map impressive the actual image of the map is very sharp. The colors have a good contrast and overall brightness is just where it needs to be. Another thing of note would be that this map has a peculiar black outline added to it. I personally think it has a cool "frame" look to it and appreciate it as a refining contribution to the appearance. One thing that all should note is that it is quite a big map, so you should definitely make sure there is space for it. Overall, as I'm sure this review has made clear, this map is of perfect quality for anyone who wants a durable, large, and colorful map for there viewing pleasure.
ganymede
2025-06-21 15:32:31
I’m very happy with my large laminated National Geographic world map. When I first received the map in a rolled tube container, I found when I pulled it the map out that there were long vertical lines across the middle of the entire map both sides. I thought perhaps the map simply needed to stretch out, but by the next day with no improvement I decided to contact the seller. I took a photo of each side of the map and then I wrote a very short email to the seller, which was Reference Resources, in my case, and I emailed it. I figured the photos would speak for themselves. I received the map on a Saturday, sent the email Sunday, and by Monday morning I had received email from the seller who apologized. He wrote that it appears that the tube and been crushed during the shipping process and he had already packed up a new replacement map and it would be mailed out later that day. Two days later I received a map in pristine condition and I could not be more happy.I also wanted to mention how I decided to hang my map on the wall. I initially had thought I my use some kind of tape or Velcro on the map and also some on the wall, but what I finally settled with was an 8-pack of magnettacks or magnet tacks. You use one of the push-pins to push the pin into whatever surface (mine was drywall) and at the head of the push-pin is a strong magnet. Next grab a separate magnet and place it on top of the push-pin and then you have a strong hold. The map is held between the push-pin magnetic head of the push pin (you are not sticking the pin through the map!) and then you add the separate magnetic to hold the map in place. You receive 8 push-pins and 8 magnetic pieces (Honestly, I think it’s best if you just look it up rather than having me try to explain it.) In the end, these push-pins held my map up perfectly and I didn’t dashed the map in any way. I hope that helps.
Maria
2025-06-14 17:39:33
I like the map and enjoy the colors and design very much. I order this map to hang in my office and pray for America and the world daily. So, the task has been accomplished.
Mark
2025-04-06 18:20:42
Very readable, nice colors, laminated, looks good on my wall ðŸ‘
Customer
2025-03-21 13:43:20
This map is a wonderful visual aid for me and my children to pick out places in the world that we have been. As an Army family this helps us to understand exactly where we are in the world, where we have been, and where we are going. It is also a good reference for just how small our planet really is, and how easily people travel from one part of the world to another. Interesting to know just how close the diseases in Africa are to the US, such as Ebola, in terms of a 24 hour flight. The Rio Grande as a border between Mexico & America, Israel and the Gaza Strip are good examples of contested borders. Such a small world with so many borders and territories. Oceans and countries clearly marked. Very easy to read. This map makes it very clear. Love the lamination and size. Great learning tool.
Customer
2025-03-11 11:05:28
livré plus tôt que prévu et en bon état, comme toujours.Très satisfait de mon achat
Veronica Bellver
2025-03-04 17:24:53
Es decorativo, muy bonito, me gusta que sea plastificado, y se puede ver muy bien. Para el bajo precio es una compra genial.
HH Galaxy
2025-02-28 11:51:12
Good quality. Beautiful colours
Geography nut
2025-02-14 13:52:49
This is not an accurate map of the world. There is no Palestine on the map, which doesn't make any sense.
Argos
2024-11-26 11:06:38
Es un poster muy adecuado para la habitación de los hijos, tiene gran colorido, es completo y elegante. El material plastificado/laminado le da buena presencia.
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