Political World Wall Maps

World Maps—Political Political maps emphasize the territory claimed by each nation rather than the physical features of the earth. They vary in size, projection (the means by which the spherical surface of the earth is "projected" on to a flat piece of paper), amount and quality of detail, and supplementary features. All that we sell are up-to-date in names and boundaries of nations.

International customers: We do not mail these or any other rolled maps out of the USA.
Map detail	Rand McNally World Wall Map, M Series Colorful, up-to-date, and economical political wall map of the world, centered on Africa and Europe. Although emphasizing the boundaries of countries with vivid (and tasteful!) contrasting colors, shaded relief shows the form of the terrain as well. Details include rivers, major mountain peaks, important cities, and major highways. Uses the Gall Stereographic Projection, which is a fair compromise between distortion of relative size versus preservation of shape. The Equator is shown slightly below center. Does not show ocean depths or ocean floor topography. Scale at Equator, about 1:32,000,000 (1 inch = about 500 miles). Size: about 50 inches wide x 32 inches high. Rolled. Paper. Rand McNally, ca. 2002. New. Item #RM-WORLD-W-POL. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $4.95. Your price: $4.50 (Out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	Rand McNally World Wall Map, M Series (laminated) Identical to the above, except laminated. This is the least expensive laminated world wall map we sell. It is slightly smaller than the non-laminated version, since the publisher trims the borders of the laminated edition. Rand McNally, ca. 2002. New. Item #RM-WORLD-W-POL-LAM. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $14.95. Your price: $13.50 (Out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	Rand McNally World Wall Map, M Series (laminated, with rails and hangers) This map is identical to the above, but also has a pair of rigid plastic strips ("rails") attached to the top and bottom of the maps which provide more stiffness to the map and makes it easier to display. It also comes with plastic clips which attach to the rails and serve as hangers. Like the preceding, it is also laminated. Item #RM-WORLD-W-POL-LAM-RAIL. Shipping weight: 3.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $16.95. Your price: $16.50 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
The glare at left on the full map image above is an artifact of photography and not on the map itself. Sample below shows the fine detail of the map.	Superior Mapping Co. World Wall Map Classic Series (with flags) Excellent detailed political map centered on west Africa. Though national boundaries are emphasized, with each colored a distinct hue, exquisitely detailed shaded relief shows the form of the mountains as well. In addition to national frontiers, also shows boundaries of US States, Canadian provinces, and Australian states and territories. Cities with populations over one million are distinguished from other important cities, and special symbols further mark national capitals and state and provincial capital cities. Selected mountain peaks are marked with elevations in meters, and major geographical features (e.g. lakes, rivers, mountains ranges, plateaus) are labelled. Insets show northern and southern polar views, and an equal-area inset clearly distinguishes the continents according to traditional geopolitical boundaries. The top and bottom of the map are lined with flags of the nations of the world, from Afghanistan to Israel above, and Italy to Zimbabwe below. The flags are reproduced in full color and precise detail, and are each labelled. The projection is a Van der Grinten I, which curves both lines of latitude and longitude so as to minimize distortion in shapes and relative sizes. Since the map centers the Equator a bit below the middle, most of Antarctica is omitted (except in the aforementioned reduced scale southern polar inset). Coordinates lines are marked at 15 degree intervals, and the Arctic and Antarctic circles and the tropics are also marked. The International Date Line is shown, and clocks along the bottom give an approximate idea of the time zone of each longitude. The map does not show undersea features. Scale, about 1:42,240,000 (1 inch = about 667 miles). Size: about 39 inches wide x 27 inches high. Rolled. Paper. Published by Superior Mapping Company, USA, 2005. New. Item #SMC-WOR-CLASS. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $5.95. Your price: $5.35 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
The glare at left on the full map image above is an artifact of photography and not on the map itself.	Superior Mapping Co. World Wall Map Laminated Classic Series (with flags) Same map as above but laminated for durability. Laminated maps can be marked with a dry-erase marker without damage. Scale, about 1:42,240,000 (1 inch = about 667 miles). Size: about 39 inches wide x 27 inches high. Rolled. Laminated paper. Published by Superior Mapping Company, USA, 2005. New. Item #SMC-WOR-CLASS-LAM. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $19.95. Your price: $18.00 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
Sample below gives an idea of the detail and colorfulness of the map.	Hema Maps: The World, Pacific Centred (with flags) A finely detailed political map which places the western Pacific Ocean at the center. National boundaries are emphasized, with each colored a distinct hue. One of the bonus supplementary features of the map is that it is bordered with full-color flags of each of the world’s nations. Shows major roads and railroads, important cities (with capitals distinguished), airports, major ports, rivers, major mountain peaks (with elevations in meters), lakes, and permanent ice. Clocks at the top of the map indicate relative times. Symbols are explained in the legend in English, with translations in French, German, and Spanish. While mountain ranges are labeled, the map does not have relief shading to show their form, nor are undersea mountains or trenches indicated at all. The projection is a Bartholomew-modified Gall's Stereographic (centered on 150 degrees east longitude), which keeps lines of latitude parallel, and has moderate curvature of lines of longitude. This results in moderate distortion in shapes, and minimal distortion of relative size in the middle latitudes. As you get much above 45 degrees north or south latitude, however, distortion of relative size becomes marked, though not to the extent of the Mercator projection. This map centers the Equator a bit below the middle, cutting off most of Antarctica (which would appear grossly distorted anyway). Scale (at 45 degrees north and south), 1:30,000,000 (1 inch = about 475 miles). Size: about 40 inches wide x 28 inches high. Rolled. Paper. Published by Hema Maps, Australia (Cartography by Bartholomew Maps), 2006. New. Item #HEMA-WOR-POL-FLAGS. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $12.95. Your price: $11.65 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic The World, Decorator-style (laminated) Excellent political map of the world, which yet shows physical topography on land and under the oceans. National boundaries are emphasized with rich, contrasting colors which leave no doubt as to the extent of each country. Perhaps the best thing about the map is that it uses the Winkel Tripel Projection. All flat maps of the world distort either relative size or shape of the world’s features (and often both). This projection is an excellent compromise: by curving the lines of longitude, distortion of size is minimized but so also is distortion of shape. For example, the much over-used Mercator projection horribly distorts the polar regions such that Greenland appears larger than Africa. (The alternative “Peters Projection,” touted by a segment of idealistic but geographically-challenged people as the best choice for a world map, is equal-area but horribly distorts the shapes of our planet’s features.) Details shown include rivers, mountain ranges and peaks, rivers, important cities, and international airports. Shaded relief shows the topography both on the land and under the sea. Supplementary maps in the corners show north polar regions, Antarctica, a small physical world map showing the natural coloration of the planet, and a small physical map showing the relative elevations of the world. The map is laminated for greater durability. Scale at Equator, 1:38,931,000 (1 inch = 614 miles). Size: about 43 inches wide x 29 inches tall. Rolled. Laminated. National Geographic Maps, 2006. New. Item #NG-622079. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $24.99. Regular price: $22.50 All copies we have available have slightly wrinkled margins, not very noticeable. Reduced to $15.00 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic The World, Decorator-style Identical to the preceding, but not laminated. Scale at Equator, 1:38,931,000 (1 inch = 614 miles). Size: about 43 inches wide x 29 inches tall. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2007. New. Item #NG-622077. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $12.99. Your price: $11.70 (out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic The World Enlarged Laminated Decorator-style This map is identical to the preceding, except much bigger. This version is laminated. You'll need about 6 feet x 4 feet of wall space for this one. Scale at Equator, about 1:24,000,000 (1 inch = about 379 miles). Size: about 70 inches wide x 49 inches tall. Rolled. Laminated. National Geographic Maps, 2006. New. Item #NG-622080. Shipping weight: 4.1 lbs. Publisher’s price: $59.99. Your price: $54.00 (Out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic The World Enlarged Decorator-style This map is identical to the preceding, except not laminated. Requires about 6 feet x 4 feet of wall space for this one. Scale at Equator, about 1:24,000,000 (1 inch = about 379 miles). Size: about 70 inches wide x 49 inches tall. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2007. New. Item #NG-622078. Shipping weight: 4.1 lbs. Publisher’s price: $29.99. Your price: $27.00 (out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World Executive Antique-style, Laminated This map is very similar to the preceding (same size, same projection, both are laminated) but differs most notably in the colors. The whole color scheme is styled like antique maps of centuries ago. But the borders and country names are quite up-to-date! Another difference is that the two supplementary maps at the bottom corners use an interrupted equal-area projection. That just means that these smaller maps portray the world with interruptions—unconnected parts much like the peeled skin of an orange—and that there is no distortion in the relative areas of the features depicted. Scale at Equator, 1:38,931,000 (1 inch = 614 miles). Size: about 43 inches wide x 29 inches tall. Rolled. Laminated. National Geographic Maps, 2007. New. Item #NG-622087. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $24.99. Regular price: $22.50 The only copy we have in stock has a wrinkled corner: Reduced to $15.00 (SOLD) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World Executive Antique Style This map is identical to the preceding, except not laminated, and therefore cheaper. Scale at Equator, 1:38,931,000 (1 inch = 614 miles). Size: about 43 inches wide x 29 inches tall. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2007. New. Item #NG-622085. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $12.99. Your price: $11.70 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World Executive Antique-style Enlarged Laminated This map is identical to the preceding in this style, except enlarged to about 6 feet x 4 feet. National Geographic's enlarged maps have no more detail than the regular version—they are merely enlarged so that the size and print is larger. Scale at Equator, about 1:24,000,000 (1 inch = about 379 miles). Size: about 70 inches wide x 49 inches tall. Rolled. Laminated. National Geographic Maps, 2007. New. Item #NG-622088. Shipping weight: 4.1 lbs. Publisher’s price: $59.99. Your price: $54.00 (Out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World Executive Antique Style Enlarged Identical to the preceding, except not laminated. Scale at Equator, about 1:24,000,000 (1 inch = about 379 miles). Size: about 70 inches wide x 49 inches tall. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2007. New. Item #NG-622086. Shipping weight: 4.1 lbs. Publisher’s price: $29.99. Your price: $27.00 (out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World Mural, Executive Antique-style This map is the same design as the previous four but covers an entire wall, and measures about nine and a half feet wide by over six feet high. It is so big, it comes in three slightly-overlapping, latex coated strips which can be mounted like wallpaper. Instructions provided. Like the other antique-style maps on this page, it is an up-to-date political map that merely looks old. The projection used is the Winkel Tripel. Size: about 116 inches wide x 76 inches high (when assembled). Rolled. Coated paper, three sections. National Geographic Maps, ca 2003 or later. New. Item #NG-620092. Shipping weight: 4.1 lbs. Publisher's price: $99.99. Your price: $90.00 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World Mural, Classic-style This is the third largest map we offer, measuring over nine feet wide by over six feet high. (According to National Geographic Maps, it is several inches narrower than the antique-style described immediately above.) It comes in three, slightly-overlapping, latex-coated sections, which you can mount like wallpaper (or with tacks or other fasteners, if you prefer). Detailed mounting instructions are provided. The style of the map will be familiar to generations of National Geographic readers: shaded relief indicates mountainous regions, and national boundaries are accented with color tints. Unlike the Decorator and Executive Antique-style maps described above, this style does not show shaded relief for the ocean floor; instead, graduated color-tints show the depth of the ocean (i.e. the deeper the ocean, the deeper blue the tint). As with the other National Geographic political maps on this page, it uses the Winkel Tripel projection to minimize distortion of shapes and relative sizes. Scale at Equator, 1:15,267,000 (1 inch = about 241 miles). Size: about 110 inches wide x 76 inches high (when assembled). Rolled. Coated paper, three sections. National Geographic Maps, ca. 2002 or later. New. Item #NG-622007. Shipping weight: 4.1 lbs. Publisher's price: $99.99. Your price: $90.00 (out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World, Classic, Political Enlarged Laminated This map is like the preceding, but is "only" about 6 feet wide by 4 feet high. Also, unlike the Mural edition, it is laminated for durability. It also uses the traditional National Geographic style of cartography, with colors accenting national boundaries and shaded relief indicating the mountains. Scale at Equator, about 1:24,000,000 (1 inch = about 379 miles). Size: about 70 inches wide x 49 inches high. Rolled. Laminated. National Geographic Maps, 2006. New. Item #NG-622003. Shipping weight: 4.1 lbs. Publisher's price: $59.99. Your price: $54.00 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World, Classic-style, Political, Enlarged This map is a non-laminated version of the preceding. Scale at Equator, about 1:24,000,000 (1 inch = about 379 miles). Size: about 70 inches wide x 49 inches high. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2006 or 2007. New. Item #NG-622008. Shipping weight: 4.1 lbs. Publisher's price: $29.99. Your price: $27.00 (Out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World, Political, Laminated (Classic-style) Identical to the preceding, but smaller. Features the same amount of detail, but with smaller print. It is also laminated for a more durable surface. Scale at Equator, 1:38,931,000 (1 inch = 614 miles). Size: about 43 inches wide x 29 inches tall. Rolled. Laminated. National Geographic Maps, 2002. New. Item #NG-622002. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $24.99. Your price: $22.50 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic World, Political (Classic-style) Like the preceding, but not laminated. This is the least expensive of the traditional National Geographic-style world maps we offer. Scale at Equator, 1:38,931,000 (1 inch = 614 miles). Size: about 43 inches wide x 30 inches tall. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2003. New. Item #NG-622005. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $12.99. Your price: $11.70 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
Map detail	National Geographic World Explorer map This world map is very similar to the "Decorator" series described above (same coloration, also uses the Winkel Tripel projection) but is smaller and printed on thinner paper. This is a great size for those who have limited space (it would indeed be a crowded office, study, or apartment which did not have room for this one), and a fairly economical price for a map of such detail (see sample at lower left). Like the Decorator series, the map emphasizes national boundaries with distinct colors filling in each nation, yet also features shaded relief to reveal the form of the mountains. Scale at Equator, 1:51,969,000 (1 inch = about 820 miles). Size: about 32 inches wide x 20 inches high. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2005. New. Item #NG-622089. Shipping weight: 1.0 lb. Publisher's price: $5.99. Your price: $5.40 (Out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic El Mundo Politico: Classic-style in Spanish With identical format and geographical details to the standard English-language Classic-style maps described higher up on this page, this map differs in providing Spanish-language place names. This map will be particularly useful for helping students of Spanish think in the language, and for helping native Spanish speakers learn the geography of nuestro Mundo. The map is a few inches smaller than the English version. Scale at Equator, 1:42,787,000 (1 inch = about 675 miles). Size: about 39½ inches wide x 27½ tall. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2005. New. Item #NG-620506. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $12.99. Your price: $11.70 (out of stock) Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	National Geographic El Mundo Politico: Executive-style in Spanish With identical format and geographical details to the standard English-language Executive-style maps described higher up on this page, this map differs in providing Spanish-language place names. Like the Classic-style, this map will be particularly useful for helping students of Spanish think in the language, and for helping native Spanish speakers learn the geography of nuestro Mundo. This map is also a few inches smaller than the English-version. Scale at Equator, 1:42,167,000 (1 inch = about 665 miles). Size: about 39½ inches wide x 26 inches tall. Rolled. Paper. National Geographic Maps, 2005. New. Item #NG-620508. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $12.99. Your price: $11.70 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
The full map Sample detail	MapArt The World (Le Monde) Wall Map Detailed political map with bilingual English-French major place names and legend. It is centered on the Prime Meridian in the Atlantic Ocean, and clearly distinguishes each nation with color tints. Shows the boundaries of US states, Canadian provinces and territories, and Australian states and territories; also shows major cities and highways, rivers, and mountains. Includes lines of latitude and longitude at ten degree intervals. Though there is shaded relief to show the location of mountains, it is printed so lightly as to be of little use. The main advantages of this map over other world maps we sell are the English-French place names and that there is an extensive index of place names on the bottom which helps you locate the cities shown. Scale at Equator, 1:40,500,000 (1 inch = about 639 miles). Size: about 40 x 28 inches. Projection not stated, but similar to Van der Grinten and Winkel Tripel. Rolled. Laminated. Published by MapArt, Canada, 2002. New. Item #MA-WORLD-LAM. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $19.95. Your price: $18.00 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order
	One copy of the 1999 edition of the above is available at a reduced price. I can find no apparent changes. Published by MapArt, Canada, 1999. New. Item #MA-WORLD-LAM-99. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher’s price: $19.95. Your price: $15.00 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee.
Sample showing the southern tip of Africa.	ODT What's Up? South! World Map (laminated) This new south-at-top map is a great educational tool. As the publisher rightly notes, the convention of having north upwards on a map is just that, a convention. True "up" from the standpoint of we on the earth itself is away from the center, and the earth in space has no inherent up or down. To emphasize this point, this map includes an inset which shows six global views from various angles. In addition, other inset maps show examples of other projections with notes on their merits and limitations. The main map is a Van der Grinten projection, which is a fair compromise between preservation of actual shapes, with less distortion of relative sizes than the Mercator projection. It is fairly detailed and shows major cities, railways, rivers, peaks (with elevations in meters), and ocean depths (also shown in meters), and each nation is clearly distinguished with color tints. Mountainous regions are indicated with shaded relief (which, however, is not as precise in its detail as National Geographic's). For the scale of the map, the size of the print is larger than most other world maps, a feature which makes the labels easier to read. Clocks across the top show the world's approximate time zones. Because it omits the Antarctic region, the map shows the Equator top of center. In addition to the educational insets at the bottom of the map, it is accompanied by a four page folder. This discusses world map conventions, types of projections, and in general challenges basic assumptions of up and down. It is quite well written, and successfully avoids preachy political propagandizing while legitimately inspiring readers to think about world map issues. Scale at the Equator, 1:28,500,000 (1 inch = about 450 miles). Size: about 56 x 36 inches. Rolled. Laminated. Comes in clear, rigid plastic tube. Published by ODT, 2002. New. Item #ODT-WORLD/S-UP/LAM. Shipping weight: 2.5 lbs. Suggested retail price: $29.95. Your price: $27.00 Sent rolled at tubed map rate only. Please order rolled maps separately from other kinds of items on this website. They need to be packaged separately and require a separate shipping fee. How to Order A folded, non-laminated version of this map is listed at this link.