10 Awesome Holiday Gifts for Map Lovers

You’re sure to find something on this list of unusual items to thrill your geographile friends and family.

If you’ve got a world traveler, geographile, map freak, or just someone who’s hard to shop for on your list this year, this roundup of gift ideas may be just what you need. All year long, we’ve been making a list of the neatest map-related products that we’d love to see under our own trees this holiday. And with prices ranging from $11 to $559, we’ve got every budget covered.

One of the best Christmas gifts I ever received was a self-spinning, solar-powered globe. Mova globes sit inside a clear plastic outer shell, with a thin layer of fluid in between. Tiny solar panels hidden within the globe’s surface power a tiny, ultra-low friction motor that keeps the globe silently

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