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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9502812" data-attributes="member: 58172">[ATTACH=full]385362[/ATTACH]From the latitude map in the 1983 Greyhawk Glossography, the larger yellow rectangle above is official 1983 canon. It is worthwhile to clearly understand what is going on within this wider area.In the upper left corner of the rectangle, we see some of the northerly continent of Hyperborea. Some fan maps depict all of Hyperborea as a polar icecap. (I too assumed this.) However its lower warmer latitude means it is moreso as Europe! Much of Hyperborea is heavily populated.In the lower left of the rectangle, there is Zindia, including the part corresponding reallife India. It is a suitable location for a fantasy version of a Hinduesque campaign.By the way, some DMs use the Greyhawk map (1980, 1983, 2024) but not the Oerth world map (1996, 2000). When I refer to a location somewhere else in the world outside of Greyhawk, just think of it as a placeholder that can be plugged in anywhere that makes sense in whichever world map you use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9502812, member: 58172"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Yaarel Latitudes 1983 Hyperborea Zindia - Oerth Latitudes Anna B Meyer.png"]385362[/ATTACH] From the latitude map in the 1983 Greyhawk Glossography, the larger yellow rectangle above is official 1983 canon. It is worthwhile to clearly understand what is going on within this wider area. In the upper left corner of the rectangle, we see some of the northerly continent of Hyperborea. Some fan maps depict all of Hyperborea as a polar icecap. (I too assumed this.) However its lower warmer latitude means it is moreso as Europe! Much of Hyperborea is heavily populated. In the lower left of the rectangle, there is Zindia, including the part corresponding reallife India. It is a suitable location for a fantasy version of a Hinduesque campaign. By the way, some DMs use the Greyhawk map (1980, 1983, 2024) but not the Oerth world map (1996, 2000). When I refer to a location somewhere else in the world outside of Greyhawk, just think of it as a placeholder that can be plugged in anywhere that makes sense in whichever world map you use. [/QUOTE]

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