Metsker Maps of Seattle

Ignorant of the world. Self-centered. These are some of the many adjectives our friends from across the world use to describe Americans. If only they'd seen Metsker Maps of Seattle. The map and travel shop is nothing if not world aware. Just about every square-inch--sorry square-meter--of floor space is filled up by globes. There's an elegant 16" bronze globe, a 3-D puzzle globe, even inflatable beachball globes (for a tan and a geography lesson all in one!). Beside the globes are a mind boggling assortment of world and US maps (including the full set of US Geological Survey maps). And if you're a European fretting about American values check out the antique reproduction maps that harken back to a time when we were much, much smaller.

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