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Published: 2011-10-05 08:50:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 41438; Favourites: 541; Downloads: 1877
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My version of Robert E. Howard's Hyboria.REH left no world map of his Hyborian Age, so many places are based on descriptions in his books or outright speculations.
I studied several existing maps [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] for this project, some are very different from each other. But I found also a few very similar maps, so I used mainly these for place names and positions, but changed a few things so that they fit - in my opinion - now better the descriptions. So the locations are a combination of existing positions and my own interpretation.
For the artistic part, however, I used my own style and approach; in this respect I can say the map has no resemblance to other existing Hyboria maps.
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Comments: 77
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That looks realy similar to the d20 Atlante conan JDR map. WHat did you change ?
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I can't remember. The map is seven years old.
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This is fantastic. Wish id had this when I played Hyborian War years back.
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Love this map, would love for a higher-res version.
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As great and detailed as this is, There's one minor mistake with it(not with the map itself, it's flawless and beautifully detailed). Howard did draw a map of the Hyborian age, it was a crude map that, if I'm not mistaken, he drew on a napkin, but he still drew it. You can find it in the Del Rey published series of three books that contained all the original Conan stories.
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I didn't know this, thank you!
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Beuatiful drawn map. I'd like to see this on a world map.
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waw... pretty good. btw I would like to ask something, I'm just wondering what is the line who come from the Compass rose pointer? that was really cool. (sorry for my silly question, I'm just newbie at Cartography and really want to know some more ^^)
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These are called rhumb lines and are for navigation.
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I don't know the game, but most comments on my map goes in the same direction. Thank you.
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Definitely one of the best Hyboria maps I've seen and I've seen my fair share.
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Thank you!
That's actually the most mentioned critique, so I guess there was the need for a good Hyboria map.
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Yep. Best Hyboria map, and I can say I saw most of 'em...
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This is one of the best Maps I ever saw of Hyboria
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Really great looking. I'm guessing Howard would be happy with your work.
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Its a great map. BTW - I came here from rpg.net.
How flexible are you with maps? You have a great body of work - so that make me think you know what the hell you are doing even when a comission only gives you the basics. I ask, because I am working on an rpg and comic (linked) and have the basic idea of the world, but a lot of the specifics in terms of geography would need to be filled in. When you take a job, how much detail do you need? How much can you change as the project progresses?
You have a spot in your upcoming schedule to help me put a fantasy world together?
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Lovely stuff ... altho' I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion you have a pretty good set of mountain and dune brushes hidden away
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The first thing to do as professional cartographer: make your own brush set!
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Hehe, I'll bet 
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Again... you leave me speechless!
Stuff like this is the reason I subscribe to you ^^
A new favorite if I ever saw one.
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Beautiful, man. Just beautiful.
*wipes tear from eye*
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