The Historical Atlas is excellent (all the more so when I'm spending hours making maps myself), but it has got me wondering about how Almeans see their own world.
Does anyone (Zomp, or anyone else) think they could produce an attempt at a native Almean map?
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Duxirti petivevoumu tinaya to tiei šuniš muruvax ulivatimi naya to šizeni.
I doubt that I could, but I agree that it would be a neat thing to see. Mark has already commented that Verdurian maps of the Plain generally place west at the top and east at the bottom (in part because the respective homes of the ilii and ktuvoki are in those directions), with the northward course of the Svetla appearing as a horizontal line.
I have had a vision of a pictorial map of my main con-country, drawn in native fashion, with the "original" being depicted along a wall in said country's imperial council chambers. (In this case, west, the home of the ocean and the sunset, would be at the top). I don't know if I'll ever manage to do it justice, however.
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Glenn
I have had a vision of a pictorial map of my main con-country, drawn in native fashion, with the "original" being depicted along a wall in said country's imperial council chambers. (In this case, west, the home of the ocean and the sunset, would be at the top). I don't know if I'll ever manage to do it justice, however.
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Glenn
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