World Maps

I really like a globe and world maps.
Especially a world map teaches me how people in other countries see the world.
The first world map I looked was printed in Japan, and so it was a map with Japan in the centre. After the largest ocean, Pacific Ocean, North and South American continents were placed in right, and Eurasia and African continents were drew in left. So Atlantic Ocean was divided in two pieces.
I was used with the map like that, but one day, I saw a map with North America in the centre. It was a big shock. In the map, Japan was placed in left, and Eurasia was divided in two pieces. That map taught me how the North American people sees the world. After I saw the map, I immediately asked my cousin who lived in U.S. base (she married with a military man) to buy me the same type of world map. This happened when I was about 9 or 10.
Now in my house in Japan, there are two types of world map, one is Japan as the centre and the other is North America as the centre.
I heard in Australia, they use the map with South Pole as the top. I want to have the map too. It's very interesting to know many different view points.