Choose the world map you will actually use.

Choose the political map to find countries, capitals and cities. Its colours distinguish territories, and its boundary conventions follow the original cartographer’s editorial choices. Choose the physical map to study relief, rivers, vegetation and the ocean floor without overlaid political boundary lines. Place names still provide context; a physical map is not free from all naming conventions.

Browse in English, German or Japanese and independently choose the printed language. The complete original collection has 63 editions: 54 political and outline maps, plus 9 physical maps. The political collection spans 20 languages, including traditional and simplified Chinese scripts. Physical originals have English, German, French or simplified Chinese labels, plus an unlabelled version.

Centres, orientation and boundary editions depend on the original selected. A Japanese interface does not imply a Japanese physical map. The gallery shows every original edition; combinations that the author never published are not invented.

Greenwich places Europe and Africa toward the middle. The Americas edition uses 90° west. The Pacific edition at 150° east brings Asia and Oceania together and moves the Atlantic split. The Florence edition uses 11° east. These are prepared originals, not an infinitely movable map centre.

English south-up editions exist for 90° west and 150° east; Portuguese and Spanish south-up originals are available at 90° west. Labels are laid out for that orientation; we do not simply rotate a north-up poster and leave the text upside down.

Our candidate paper sizes are 70 × 50, 90 × 60 and 100 × 70 cm, in landscape orientation. The political original has a ratio of about 1.88:1, while the physical original is about 1.81:1. Both are wider than the paper. The full map is fitted inside a border, without stretching or cropping. A 10 mm side margin leaves a map width of 68, 88 or 98 cm. The upper and lower borders differ between the two map types.

The preview comes from the same production image as the print. The size comparison shows paper proportions. The separate room view uses a 180 cm sideboard as a scale reference; it is an illustration, not an on-screen centimetre ruler.

All three sizes reduce an original designed at about 140 cm wide. More pixels cannot make physically tiny lettering larger. Choose 100 × 70 cm for the largest labels in this collection, inspect the zoom and plan for close reading. Physical print samples, especially the smallest type and dark ocean-floor tones, must pass review before these editions go on sale.

Matte 200 g/m² paper is the selected Gelato product. Choose an unframed poster, a wood frame in four colours or a black aluminium frame. Wood frames offer self assembly or ready-to-hang options; aluminium requires self assembly. Availability depends on destination. Physical print and market approvals remain required. Lamination and canvas are not offered. If you need the original full width now, follow the free source files or the cartographer’s linked print retailer from our sources page.