My recycling pile of catalogs grows by leaps and bounds this time of year, but one thing I have noticed in just about every catalog I have gotten is that maps and globes have been strangely absent from them.  But Hammacher Schlemmer came through with three pricy gifts for the map/globe freak in your life

Geochron World Clock
This is the full-color moving map that shows at a glance what time it is throughout the world. The 15″ x 26″ map revolves within its frame at a speed that precisely represents the the earth’s rotation and continuously displays what areas of the earth lie in daylight or darkness.

And it is only $1,700

The Glowing Pegs World Travel Map
This is the wall-mounted world map that dramatically illuminates your international travels, cross-country family drives, and dream destinations, using multi-colored translucent pegs that glow when inserted into the map’s back-lit surface.

Related is the The Track Your Travels Lighted U.S. Map
Same kind of map, just the US this time.

A deal at just $250 for either one.

And also related: The Personalized World Travel Map
This personalized framed wall map allows travelers to chart their voyages around the globe by marking all destinations, past, present, or future, with included flags and pins. Set in a mahogany frame, the map includes a metal plaque that can be personalized with up to 50 characters to commemorate anything from a family’s vacation history to one memorable, around-the-world trip.

This map goes for $170.

The World’s Largest Write-On Map Mural
This is the only accurately detailed, eight-color mural of the world that covers nearly 9 by 13 feet of wall space. Capitals, countries, major cities, up-to-date political boundaries, time zones, shipping lanes, nautical miles, ocean depths and more are all clearly indicated at a scale of 160 statute miles to the inch; current as of 2006.

This map goes for $150

The National Geographic Pedestal Globe
Endorsed by the National Geographic Society, this is the 12″ globe that has the most up-to-date cartography representing 3,500 current place names, including continents, countries, cities, bodies of water, bathymetric ocean data, and country boundaries. The globe is angled to represent the Earths relative tilt to its orbital path around the sun and attaches to an aluminum meridian with delineated intervals of 10 of longitude.

Yours for only $199

The Lead Crystal Everest Globe
Crafted to honor the epic 1963 National Geographic Society-sponsored U.S. expedition to Mt. Everest, this is the 20″ diameter Everest Globe entirely handmade of stemware-quality leaded crystal and considered by many to be the world’s finest globe. Only 250 of these globes exist, and no two are alike–each is painstakingly handcrafted in Germany’s Lake Constance region by more than 20 artisans.

Just $8000 clams and it is yours.

If anyone is wanting an idea what to get me, the Globe will do nicely.

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