[Moo] Fwd: [MR] Map of Atlantia

[Denise V McMahon]

Leifr Johansson once crafted several beautiful maps of Atlantia. Are  
any of them online?

-Rowan Berran

Begin forwarded message:

> From: jbrmm266 at aol.com
> Date: January 2, 2007 9:34:03 AM EST
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [MR] Map of Atlantia
>
>  How wonderful it would be, if someone would craft a period-style  
> map like the ones Duke Merewald used to craft of the Known World.
>
> One interesting and entirely appropriate quirk of his maps is that  
> they are oriented (perhaps I should say occidented) with west up.  
> This is in accord with the idea that "life as we know it" started  
> in the West. Early maps were oriented to the east (which is why we  
> say "oriented") or toward Jerusalem.  the idea of having north be  
> up is, I think, a feature of the acceptance of the concept of a  
> spherical earth.
>
> Duke Merewald's maps were informative and they were also works of  
> art. I have a couple.
>
> Your servant aye
> Donal


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