Christmas Gift Guide

The Best Old Map Gifts

Personalised maps are the perfect gift for almost every occasion - Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthday, paper wedding anniversary...

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Why you should give someone an old map

Old maps are perfect gifts. Not sure what to get someone? Just buy them an old map of where they were born, where they live, or where they work.

We've organised our gifts into a few different sections: foolproof gifts, romantic gifts, gifts for your dad, gifts for Londoners, gifts for globetrotters, and gifts for history geeks.

If you need your gift to arrive by a certain date, please check our delivery info page.

Foolproof gifts

You can't go wrong with one of these old maps. A personalised old or modern map of someone's hometown always goes down well.

How about a horse or dog world map that has been personalised with an illustration of their beloved animal companion?

Or for something completely different, take a look at our fine art and illustration collection. All our art prints can be fully personalised, too.

Gifts for under £50

Most of our maps and art prints cost less than £50. Here are a few that look particularly good at smaller sizes. Buy a frame from Amazon or IKEA, and you'll have a beautiful and affordable gift!

Map gifts for discerning dads

Did you know that about 90% of dads love old maps? And the remaining 10% love old maps - they just don't know it yet.

Consider buying your dad a map of his hometown, with his childhood house marked on the map.

Gifts for mum (or mom)

Our personalised maps are a perfect way of saying "thank you" to your mum. What could be better than receiving a custom map centred on your first family home, or perhaps a custom star map of when her favourite child (that's you!) was born?

Or how about a pop art style map with an 'in' joke on it? Or a customised world map highlighting all the countries you've visited as a family?

Or, of course, give her a portrait of her favourite child... 🐾

Map gifts for Londoners

London is probably the most mapped city in the world - and Londoners simply love maps. What a happy coincidence. I have hundreds of London maps, so make sure you check my complete collection for all my borough and postcode maps.

Map gifts for history geeks

Do you know someone who already owns a few maps? Or maybe they're always telling you about how civilisation peaked during the Roman Empire? Then pick one of these maps.

Map gifts for globetrotters

And finally, a selection of old maps for people who people who are always booking their next far-flung holiday or citybreak.

Gifts for art lovers

Do you know what goes really well with a nice map of Japan? Two beautiful Japanese woodblock illustrations.

Personalisation & customisation

When you buy a map from The Unique Maps Co., you have the option of making it truly unique with my personalisation and customisation services.

I can make you a custom map centred on a specific house. I take real old maps, restore them, cut them up, and join them together again to make a map just for you.

Or I can personalise a map to add a message, or mark a house, or add the logo of your dad's favourite football team.

Take a look at the example below. You can slide it back and forth to see the personalisation.