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Lots of little companies and individuals making and selling maps; the Independent Map Sellers<\/a> page lists a bunch of them in one handy place. \u201cInterested in buying something special for the map enthusiasts in your life (or yourself)? Skip the giant companies and go straight to the source: there are loads of skilled, independent cartographers out there whose work you can buy!\u201d [Daniel<\/a> Huffman<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lots of little companies and individuals making and selling maps; the Independent Map Sellers page lists a bunch of them in one handy place. \u201cInterested in buying something special for the map enthusiasts in your… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,24],"tags":[307,845,105,1708],"class_list":["post-1835000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","category-memorabilia","tag-map-stores","tag-paper-maps","tag-posters","tag-prints","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3956,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/02\/post-brexit-eu-map-shows-independent-scotland\/","url_meta":{"origin":1835000,"position":0},"title":"Post-Brexit EU Map Shows Independent Scotland","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 February 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"A new post-Brexit map of the European Union shows Scotland as an EU member separate and independent from a rump \"United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland,\" which is coloured like other non-EU members. 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