World Map from 1970
A world map from 1970 captures a specific moment, not a current one. That is the point. Divided Germany, the USSR as one country, North and South Vietnam, African nations only a few years past independence. The borders read differently than they do now, and for the right buyer that difference is the whole appeal.
National Geographic published this world map in 1970 in its classic cartographic style: rich colors, detailed labeling, and insets keyed to the regions that mattered that year. Map Shop carries it for gift buyers marking a 1970 birth year or anniversary, history teachers covering the Cold War era, libraries and museums building reference collections, and decorators framing a historical world view for an office, study, or themed space.

