Stanford’s New Library Chart of the World
A reproduction of a post-World War I world map from the London mapmaker Stanfords. Borders reflect the Treaty of Versailles settlement, and the British Empire is shown at its height from a British cartographer’s viewpoint.
- Publisher: Stanfords of London
- Originally published: 1920
- Source: reproduced from the Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive
- Scale: equatorial scale of 350 nautical miles to 1 inch
- Territory: the full world, all continents and oceans
- Boundaries: political borders follow the Treaty of Versailles
- British Empire: imperial territories shaded in dark pink
- Undersea network: submarine telegraph cables drawn across the oceans
History enthusiasts study the shifted borders of interwar Europe here. Teachers use it to show how the Treaty of Versailles redrew the political map. Collectors of British cartography hang it in a study or home library. Map Shop offers it as a faithful archival print of the Stanfords original.

