Choose a blank world map to prepare a sketch, locate the continents or add your own markers. The four maps below are available free of charge at their original size.
Map labels and downloadable files remain in their original language, often French.
Choose your blank map
Each button opens the map’s image file directly. The dimensions shown correspond to the original files provided.
GIF · 1 425 × 625 px
Blank world map
An overview map for placing your own markers and building a key.
For a general sketch map, start with an overview world map. To compare representations of the Earth, use the Robinson, Bertin and polar versions. A projection transforms the globe’s surface into a flat image, so continents look different from one map to another.
Save, then print
Click “Open GIF map” or “Open JPG map” below the chosen preview.
Save the original image to your device.
For wide maps, preferably choose landscape orientation, then “Fit to page” in the print settings.
These files are raster images: substantial enlargement may make outlines less sharp. Use the original file rather than a screenshot of the thumbnail.
Sources and reuse
This selection contains four files from the site’s historical collection, published in September 2016. The publication date does not guarantee that the boundaries shown are up to date. Source and licence information for these four files still needs to be completed before any reuse requiring documented rights.
Four blank world maps in the Equal Earth projection. Print in A4 landscape and choose coastlines or borders, with space for your key or full-page coverage.
Four blank maps to complete
Blank world map — Outlines with space for a legend
Blank map with white background and fine lines for printing and annotation.
3000 x 1500
