We love terrain model maps. Maps convey so much, yet so much is left unsaid. They ignite the imagination. Travel writers and others are often inspired by this historic terrain model map journal with its elevated form, crafted in traditional terrestrial globe making style, with stunning three dimensional representations of South and North America. Features colorfully detailed landmasses, ships, rough seas, fish, and other embellishments rising up from the terrain model map journals cover, which makes this a very tactile book! Ideal for prose or poetry alike; this Western Hemisphere Map journal serves nicely as a travel journal, travelers diary, trip planner, mariner's journal, or as a record book for your next transatlantic voyage–a perfect bon voyage gift for yourself or others. The Globetrotter Map of the New World Journal is coptic bound which allows the book to be opened, joining the front and back covers together, into one large viewable Western Hemisphere map of both the eastern and western halves of South and North America. The hand-stitched binding enables every page to lay perfectly flat. A memento accordion pouch in the back conveniently stores loose odds-and-ends in one easy-to-access place. Also features an elastic, end-leaf enclosure to handily mark your place, or enclose the entire book. Nice as a set with one of our Double Hemisphere Celestial Map Journals.

Wide Open View of terrain model map Front and Back Cover . Journal Details Measures 4.9 x 6.9 x .6 inches. Our Globetrotter Map of the New World Journal is a lined, blank, writing journal featuring fine reproductions from an original copperplate engraving, with hand-coloring, entitled Americae Nova Tabula, which was created by the prolific Dutch master cartographer, globe maker, publisher, and artist Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), or as he is more commonly known in English Willem Jansz Blaeu. Outside the terrain model map appeals to both one's sense of cartographic history and one's aesthetic sense of beauty, while inside 128 softly lined, wide-ruled, archival quality, pH balanced, acid-free, lignin-free, cream colored pages appeal to one's artistic spirit. In the back a handy memento accordion pouch and an elastic closure hold everything in order.

Back Cover View: Globetrotter Map of the New World Journal. More on the Journal's Western Hemisphere Map A masterpiece of design as included in the original Atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, this Western Hemisphere Map journal's cover is thought to be one of, if not the, first map ever to define boundaries by means of outline color. The terrain model map depicts the Western Hemisphere including South and North America and features continents, islands, and oceans detailing many local administrative and international boundaries, towns, cities, mountains, rivers, and various coastal features; and well-executed technical and decorative elements such as large vessels, fish, stormy seas, and latitude and longitude markers. The front cover of the Globetrotter Map of the New World Journal features: what is now eastern North America, all of South America, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts from Nova Scotia extending all the way down to tip of Argentina. The back cover depicts the western half of the Western Hemisphere Map encompassing the Pacific Ocean and Pacific coastline from what is now northern Chile up to lower California stretching eastward access the Gulf of Mexico and the lower Southern United States and Cuba.

Front Cover View: Western Hemisphere Map journal. Prior to the making of this map in 1635 world maps were flat (like the earth!), and more often rectangular with highly distorted poles. As the new world ushered in a new way thinking so too new Western Hemisphere Maps begin taking into account our spherical earth. These new maps also used color, and in the case of maps applied to spheres or globes, raised-relief–areas depicting land formations such as mountain ranges and islands. This journal combines a fine antique, historical map with a raised surface and more! JOURNALSandBOOKS.com is proud to offer a full array of journals, books, and gifts to help you gain insight from and enjoy the rich beauty of the ancient maps and cartography. Willem Jansz Blaeu‘s maps are as much sought after today for their decorative beauty and rich imagery as they were revered and respected in the 17th century for their superior standard of cartological excellence. The front and back covers of the Globetrotter Map of the New World Journal are richly drawn detailing South and North America, their: continents, cities, settlements, rivers, lakes, mountain ranges, French, Spanish, English and Dutch sailing ships, islands, and many other fine details.

Detailed View: Using the Western Hemisphere Map journal's Memento Accordion Pouch. Memento Accordion Pouch A large memento accordion pouch, in the back of the journal, is ideal for storing odds and ends, money, your passport, passenger tickets, a small book, family photos, and whatever else you want to tuck away–very handy! While this 6.75 x 4 inch, cloth gusseted, memento accordion pouch expands to a full 1.5 inches at its opening, and is technically large enough to fit half a bologna sandwich, we don't recommend using your journal as a replacement for a lunch box, as your lunch would get smashed to the size of a pancake! About the Paper Lovely, smooth, acid-free, lignin-free, extra-thick, cream colored pages fill the journal; this along with a superior binding method, give our book a long term archival survivability of over 100 years! The inside paper is superiorly engineered, and ideally suited for modern writing instruments such as: ballpoint pens, rollerball pens, gel pens, marker pens, most technical pens, and pencils; writing with these instruments is exceptionally smooth. Bleed through is not a problem as the paper is 5.5 mil thick. Due to the archival engineering of the paper, some Sumi inks may not form an even spread on the page. While some fountain pens write just fine on this paper, we recommend the use of modern pen or pencil, as non-modern era inks work best on paper manufactured just for calligraphy (see our calligraphy blank books).

Detailed Spine View: Coptic Binding Benefits. Close up View (above): Coptic Binding Hand-stitching Detail. Benefit of Coptic Binding: Lays Perfectly Flat for Ease of Writing. About the Globetrotter Map of the New World Journal's Coptic Binding Coptic bound journals are ideal for writing, either right or left handed, on either side of the page. Coptic Binding was introduced in the far east more than 2000 years ago and is a MORE DURABLE binding method than standard adhesive or modern sewn bindings. If you removed the cover on a modern bound book, it would be very evident why many binding methods fail–they are not bound by a means that will withstand extended use. Why coptic binding doesn't need to rely on any additional, and mostly cosmetic, coverings over the spine is clear the moment you open the journal. The extremely thick thread used in coptic binding is six times the size of threads commonly used in modern binding techniques, and provides great advantages as no paper, cloth, or other encumbrance is needed over the bound edge. Coptic bound journals serve the needs of writers and readers better; lending to comfortable handing and the long term archival qualities of the book. Coptic Stitching is a unique looking non-adhesive hand-stitched binding method introduced during the 4th century A.D., in ancient Egypt, by the Copts and followers of the Christian Coptic Church. Various forms of coptic stitching techniques have remained popular for over 1500 years, especially in the East, and are still in use today. The spine of the book is usually left exposed when a coptic stitching technique is used. The type of knot that is used in the journals and blank books that JOURNALSandBOOKS.com sells is called a chain stitch–appreciated by bookmakers and booklovers alike for its intricate beauty. Chain stitching allows the book to open fully, 360 degrees, without damage to the book! While machines can be used to sew a coptic stitch, hand-stitching is still preferred; as such, this journal is completely hand-stitched in the finest tradition. The combination of an open-backed binding method and the braided look of a coptic stitch yields an attractive and distinctive journal. Coptic stitching uses separate threads in pairs or groups. Waxed linen thread is used for ease of handling. Pages are grouped together into signatures, which is common to most methods of book making; however, coptic signatures are not cinched too tightly, and have roughly 10 times the thread for a more secure grip. One of the greatest advantages to coptic stitching is that it allows the book to lay completely flat without stress to the spine or damage to the book. Sketchbooks and journals are ideally bound using coptic stitching as artists and writers especially enjoy unfettered access to the entire page without bending at the spine. Journal pages and signatures hold even tighter, and do not shift around loosely without the use of glue or posts, yielding a durable archival quality book. Cover images terrain model map Americae Nova Tabula by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) image courtesy Jonathan Potter Ltd., London