Welcome to the Maps.com October 2009 Newsletter! In this issue, change your world perspective with our newest Satellite Maps, get to know a rising Cartographic talent, and beat the Olympic rush to Brazil. Also, don't forget Maps.com when it comes to your holiday shopping! Read on, enjoy and pass it on to a friend. We
hope you'll like this installment of Maps.com's Monthly Newsletter!
New Products — Stunning Geographic Fine Art Satellite Maps
These exquisite Satellite Images are considered "Geographic Fine Art" — A fusion of Cartography, Graphic Design and Art. Perfect for any home, corporate office, hotel, library or school.
Choose just the Giclee print, or upgrade to the plaque mount version for a superior and professionally finished work of art.
Giclee (zhee-CLAY) is the use of an ink-jet printing process for making fine art, large format, digital images. We print on 10 mil. (0.25mm) premium luster photo paper producing vivid life-like images using Epson UltraChrome K3 ink, providing lightfastness ratings of up to 108 years for color under rigorous industry accepted display conditions. Giclees are superior to traditional lithography in several ways: the colors are brighter, last longer and are higher resolution. Prints are available up to 60” wide by any length and usually have a 1” white border included.
Click here to view all the Geographic Fine Art Satellite Maps now!
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Featured — Map MarketPlace Cartographer: Seth Alberty/OutlookMaps
OutlookMaps uses stunning color combinations, unique artistic themes, and striking 3D mountains to create maps that come to life on your wall.
These exquisite maps feature advanced cartography and are loaded with detail — making them perfect for reference or display in any classroom, office, or home.
About the Cartographer:
Seth Alberty, a mechanical engineer by day, formed OutlookMaps to showcase his ability to design aesthetic reference maps that seemingly come to life on display. He uses his non-conventional maps to help people see the world with a different perspective. His goal: "Inspiring the most fundamental key to unleashing human potential...curiosity about our world".
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Travel Spotlight — Brazil
Don't
wait for the 2016 Olympics to enjoy the pleasures of Brazil, get there now before
the rush. We can help you plan your perfect trip, and
click
here to get a larger view of this fabulous image of Igaucu Falls, it's
breathtaking!
Natural wonders...get in line! Brazil seems to have a lock on them: from fabulous beaches, grandiose rain forests, to the aforementioned falls, prepare to be stunned. As if that weren't enough, there is amazing nightlife, a plethora of cultural outlets, and horseback riding on the beach.
Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil peacefully gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getulio VARGAS rose to power in 1930. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil underwent more than half a century of populist and military government until 1985, when the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader.
Shop all our Brazil products now!
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Special Offer! — It's going to be a very Mappy Holiday
We've already begun to make our gift lists for the holidays, and to help you with your strategizing, we are offering
20% off on a $75 purchase between now and November 30, 2009. Just use promotion code
provided in your emailed newsletter on checkout to receive your discount. Let's see...there's the kid's teachers, and Mom likes globes, and a USA puzzle is just the thing for the cousins....
With so much to choose from, you really do have the world to offer your friends and family this year! We've heard of customers stashing a set of airline tickets in one of our travel maps for one of the most sensational gifts to give, and of course receive. In addition, Globes are an excellent gift for someone who enjoys travel and geography, and can appreciate a nice centerpiece on their desk. Finally, you can't go wrong with Wall Maps. A Wall Map gift will not only add visual impact to a room or office, it will prove useful for reference and planning a future voyage.
Click here to shop our entire Map Store now!
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