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National Geographic Maps and Charts

Last updated on 3 October 2021

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The title of this post sounds boring, right? Right. But it’s not! It’s super cool and I’m excited about it. Back in 2010, my Grandma passed away, and some of her things were distributed among the family to sort etc etc (my Grandfather’s not so great at sorting and organising), and since we were heading to England at the end of that year, we didn’t get a pile to go through. Remember that trip down south I took earlier in the year? One of the main reasons for going down was to pick up a whole lot things that belonged to my grandma, from my aunt. In amongst the things that we discovered was this great bunch of National Geographic maps and charts. Woo! Apparently Grandma used to save them (I remember their house always having hundreds of National Geographic magazines), and they were all in nice sections in a tomato chutney sauce box, labelled ‘MAPS’.

There are some super neat maps, charts and information-filled poster-like things in there, so I thought I’d just show you some of the things that I’ve found in there.

One day, when I have my own house, I’m totally hanging some of these up! They’re so neat, especially the large world and country maps.

This is only a small selection, to show you what kinds of things were in there. There are about 6 times this amount!

Have you got any old National Geographic maps or charts lying about the place?

Anjali Kay is an Aotearoa New Zealand-based blogger and book lover sharing travel inspiration, bookish posts, the occasional creative project, and a lot of practical blogging tips here at This Splendid Shambles. Based in Auckland, she's been writing book reviews and travel posts, sharing creative projects and blogging tips since she started her first blog in 2009. When she's not working on her own blog, Anjali also offers blog coaching and support for bloggers who want real guidance from someone who's actually done the work, and is a few chapters ahead of them.

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