National Geographic presents a unique way to commemorate and preserve the legacy of the Millennium for generations to come with the World 2000—A Millennium Keepsake Map. A two-sided map, it offers a contemporary political map that documents this historic "moment in time,' plus a map of the known world as of 1000 A.D., more than 40 generations ago. Printed on archival paper in a commemorative box, this map is a collector's dream. There is no better way to mark the passage of the Millennium than this special edition. This is how the world looked at the dawn of the Millennium— a keepsake to treasure, a legacy for the future.
WORLD 2000: Our planet at the dawn of a new Millennium. This state-of-the-art World Political Map, just created by the expert cartographers at National Geographic, shows the world as we know it today.
WORLD 1000: The world as our ancestors knew it in 1000 A.D. This decorative and historic map shows what scholars understood about geography at the beginning of the last Millennium. From the world's largest map collection at the Library of Congress.This map is available with rails making it easy to hang and also simply turned to be able to see the second side.
For those of you who would like to hang both worlds side by side, we offer a super special package. |
