Recommended Wall and Desk Maps of East Asia

Many map companies label their maps as maps of "Asia," even when the maps actually include all of Eurasia with political and physical indications. Maps produced with this inclusive approach of showing all of Eurasia may be more helpful to students than maps that take the approach of cropping out the "European" countries from a map of Eurasia and labeling what remains as "Asia," which is to a large degree an arbitrary designation. (See the article What Is "Asia"? for more about this question of what constitutes "Asia.")

All of the recommended maps on this list, with the exception of the Peters Projection wall map, denote physical features. This is essential for student understanding of the impact of geography.

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• Asia Physical/Political Wall Map [Rand McNally] 70" x 52". With inset thematic maps showing Asia's climate, precipitation, and environments.
• Land Cover Series: Asia (Eurasia) Map [Nystrom] 65" x 53", markable. With inset thematic maps showing rainfall, population, and growing season.
• Asia (Eurasia) Advanced Physical Classroom Wall Map [UniversialMAP] 64" x 54". With inset thematic maps showing annual rainfall, natural vegetation areas, population density, and energy resources and manufacturing areas.

• Peters Equal Area Wall Map [ODT Maps] 35 " x 51"

• Asia (Eurasia) Advanced Physical Deskpad Map [UniversialMAP] 13" x 18", markable, double-sided, with four thematic maps and a testing map (without political labels) on side B.
• Europe and Asia Desk Maps (Sculptural Relief) [Nystrom] 22" x 17", markable, double-sided, with Asia on one side, Europe on reverse.

• Atlas of China [National Geographic] 128 pages, 300 color maps and illustrations, hardcover, 2007.
• The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World's Fastest Growing Economy [University of California Press] By Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Robert Benewick.128 pages, 60 maps, 5 tables, 2005.