Bright colors and rich detail bring the world alive in this enlarged World Decorator map! Enjoy the accuracy and beauty of this world map with a vibrant colour palette that fills each country for easy identification. Combined with the stunning shaded relief, this map will stand out as a beautiful piece of cartographic artistry. A perfect size for the classroom! This map uses a bright, easy to read color palette featuring muted oceans and stunning shaded relief that will stand out as a beautiful piece of cartographic artistry. Drawn in the Winkel Tripel projection, distortions of land masses around the poles are minimized: unlike many other World maps, Greenland is accurately shown as the same size as Argentina and not the size of all of South America.Thousands of place names are carefully placed on the map to maintain legibility even in the heavily populated areas of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Details include clearly defined international boundaries, cities, physical features, rivers, and ocean floor features. Corner inset maps feature world vegetation cover and landforms, and the north and south polar regions.National Geographic's maps are the standard by which all other reference maps are measured. They are meticulously researched and adhere to National Geographic's convention of making independent, apolitical decisions based on extensive research using multiple authoritative source.Printed on high quality canvas, that brings out the artistic quality of this map. 5 inches of additional material is included on each side so that you have enough material to have the map stretched on a frame while preserving the integrity of the productYour map is rolled and packaged in a sturdy tube to protect it during shipment.