With every map there comes:

• a small version – the one you see, 500 pixels wide,
• and, underneath the image, a descriptive title
• a link to a larger version (1000 pixels wide) for download, and
• a link to the source.

Please note that the copyright license of our blog only allow the use of these maps for noncommerical purposes, and that moreover the license of most maps only allow their use for educational purposes. Thanks for respecting that!

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The milky way galaxy | Larger version | Source

The world as seen from Apollo 13 | Larger version | Source

Europe from space | Larger version | Source

Europe from space 2 | Larger version | Source

Robinson projection of the world | Larger version | Source

Gall-Peters projection of the world | Larger version | Source

Mercator projection of the world | Larger version | Source

Universal corrective map of the world | Larger version | Source

The world turned upside down | Larger version | Source

The Waterman projection of the world | Larger version | Source

A world map of 1689 | Larger version | Source

The world according to size of land | Larger version | Explanation (pdf) | Source

The world according to population | Larger version | Explanation (pdf) | Source

Origins of 15 million refugees in 2003 | Larger version | Explanation (pdf) | Source

Worldwide diery exports – milk butter eggs | Larger version | Explanation (pdf) | Source

Worldwide alcohol and cigarette exports | Larger version | Explanation (pdf) | Source

Medicine Exports – … | Larger version | Explanation (pdf) | Source

Long-term unemployment | Larger version | Explanation (pdf) | Source

Youth literacy – world overview | Larger version | Explanation (pdf) | Source