Travel theme - best settings for drop in maps

I am using the Travel theme and really like the idea of putting custom maps into the opening and chapter markers in the themes. However, I am trying to work out the best 'settings' for maps so they show up best once filtered into the background.
For example, when I drop maps (that are predominantly white) into the opening credits they have made the overall shade of the background lighter (more cream than sepia) so you can clearly see their edges. Also, the contrast gets cut a lot so the maps look a lot more washed out than, for example, the map of Africa that is permanently in the opening credits.
Has anyone experimented with this and can they make any suggestions for what works best in terms of blending in with the pre-existing maps or otherwise looking the best once it is filtered by the theme?

Well - the best I found was using Mapquest maps. Guess that's the best...

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USER PREFERENCES
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