While cartographers have developed so many ways to present geographic information, the maps that accompany fantasy novels don’t vary a lot in terms of the information they display. They are about location, distance, and terrain for characters to hike through and for us to follow along. They are rarely political maps. They focus on geography over borders and on movement over status
Adrian Daub
From an excellent piece on Longreads.
The Lord of the Rings journey as a Google Map
This is one of my favourites...
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