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Does anyone know if there are any higher quality poster sized maps available? I'm looking for something around 24x36 (inches for all you not in the US). I'd like to get something nice that can be framed and hung in my office.

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See The Lands of Ice and Fire. Large, high-quality maps. They do come folded, however, but I'm told that with some effort the creasing can largely be made unnoticeable once framed.

That would mean that I'd have to open mine... grrrr. Do you know what size they might be? I didn't open it because I didn't think they were big enough for what I was looking for.

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I have the Lands of Ice and Fire map pack, and it's phenomenal, but it's true that they crease very easily (I've only folded them twice and they're already creasing). They're excellent maps, and I'd hate to see them go to waste, so I'm laminating them one per month (it costs me about $9 to laminate one poster, so I dig up change every month and put its towards that). That way, I can either tack them to the wall, keep them in a large drawer, or roll them up for safekeeping. Stops creasing, protects it from spills, and you can even use dry erase markers to track character journeys across the map. That's my recommendation, but it's on the pricey side (you could only laminate the maps you're really going to use).


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From amazon's write-up:

George R. R. Martin’s beloved Song of Ice and Fire series, which started with A Game of Thrones, is bursting with a variety and richness of landscapes—from bitter tundra to arid wasteland and everything in between—that provide a sense of scale unrivaled in contemporary fantasy. Now this dazzling set of maps, featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, transforms Martin’s epic saga into a world as fully realized as the one around us.

The centerpiece of this gorgeous collection is guaranteed to be a must-have for any fan: the complete map of the known world, joining the lands of the Seven Kingdoms and the lands across the Narrow Sea for the first time in series history. But this is just one of many unique maps that aren’t available anywhere else. There is an alternate version that tracks the movements of the series’ protagonists throughout their vast world, along with more detailed versions of the western, middle, and eastern thirds of the world; a full map of Westeros, combining North and South; one of the Dothraki Sea and the Red Wastes; and the Braavos city map. And here, too, are fan favorites detailing everything from urban sprawl to untamed wilds: maps of King’s Landing; The Wall and Beyond the Wall; the Free Cities; and Slaver’s Bay, Valyria, and Sothyros.

Never before has the entire scope of Martin’s universe been so exhaustively and fascinatingly depicted. The maps in this beautiful, one-of-a-kind atlas will enrich your reading or viewing experience, provide another view of your favorite characters’ epic journeys, and open up captivating new worlds—plus, they’ll look great on any castle wall.

Here's the link if you'd like to check it out. I think they covered all the maps available in the summary. I can vouch for their beauty, but the creasing is true. I bought my frames before even removing the maps, then unfolded them once, never again refolding, framed it immediately and called it good. My Braavos map looks exceptionally good next to Valyrian Steel's Needle, as does Beyond the Wall next to Longclaw :D

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It's highly inaccurate, however, when it comes to eastern Essos. George made substantial changes from what HBO got from him.

Sorry to dredge this up, but would it not be correct to say that it is a perfectly accurate version of the HBO version of Essos? Or have they actually abandoned that in favour of the LoIaF version?

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