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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal II" data-source="post: 9365427" data-attributes="member: 6794067">Looking at the Matthew Paris’ Map of Britain now I know where the Game of Thrones map came from.What is noteworthy about old maps, to me, is that while distances aren't accurate, paths and order tend to be. If you sail north from London, you'll encounter Ipswich first, then Kingston, Sunderland, then Edinburgh. Distance will be vague between them, but you'll have the order. Or, the average time between each city will be on the map.The other thing I note is that a number of maps, although not all, have a lot of explanatory text on them. I remember seeing a US map from the 1790s at the National Library that has some text on the border of the Ohio territory that said something like &quot;[Tribe1] used to live here and are extinct. [Tribe2] and [Tribe3] joined together to eliminate them as [Tribe1] were cannibals.&quot;Or another one from a French (?) map &quot;the cathedral here was completed in time for the festival of [Saint] in 16XX. An untiring ox appeared and helped. This miraculous animal allowed completion of cathedral by the Grace of God&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Baron Opal II, post: 9365427, member: 6794067"] Looking at the Matthew Paris’ Map of Britain now I know where the Game of Thrones map came from. What is noteworthy about old maps, to me, is that while distances aren't accurate, paths and order tend to be. If you sail north from London, you'll encounter Ipswich first, then Kingston, Sunderland, then Edinburgh. Distance will be vague between them, but you'll have the order. Or, the average time between each city will be on the map. The other thing I note is that a number of maps, although not all, have a lot of explanatory text on them. I remember seeing a US map from the 1790s at the National Library that has some text on the border of the Ohio territory that said something like "[Tribe1] used to live here and are extinct. [Tribe2] and [Tribe3] joined together to eliminate them as [Tribe1] were cannibals." Or another one from a French (?) map "the cathedral here was completed in time for the festival of [Saint] in 16XX. An untiring ox appeared and helped. This miraculous animal allowed completion of cathedral by the Grace of God". [/QUOTE]

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