US Airforce Physical-Political Global Chart of the World, 1955

This was a tube tucked way in the pack, just waiting. The colors are perfect. The condition of the paper is immaculate. The projection is a dramatic stereoscopic view which makes these huge regions of earth looking like they’re right off the face of a globe. The text seems to be oriented in every direction but North-Up which also encourages the user to pivot these six images into thought-provoking new orientations. This is honestly one of my favorite finds at The Map Center.

Six sheets, each one 42”x50”