Dragon 153 Outer World
The first episode of the Voyage of the Princess Ark series in January 1990 presented a reprint of the 1985 Master Set‘s world map, with the rather hyperbolic red text, “WRONG WRONG WRONG!” overlaid on top. The article itself was the springboard for Haldemar and his flying ship’s illustrious explorations of Mystara, and it was very much written around this map.
Even though the massive red text at first glance shouts at us that the map is wrong, the article itself is full of Bruce Heard’s trademark quirky humour, and by the end of the episode it is clear that the map actually holds a lot of truth. This was borne out by later episodes, as well as later products in the Mystara line, which adapted most of the names from the original map into various geographic names.
I did a full analysis of the text at The Piazza back in 2008.
Replica Map (May 2021)
Sources
- The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 1: Up, up, and away — across the Known World!, Dragon 153 (1990)
- Page 69
Chronological Analysis
This is Map 127. It was published in January 1990. The updated version of this map has not yet been released. See also Appendix C for annual chronological snapshots of the area. For the full context of this map in Mystara’s publication history, see Let’s Map Mystara 1990.
The following lists are from the Let’s Map Mystara project. Additions are new features, introduced in this map; Revisions are changes to previously-introduced features; Hex Art & Fonts track design elements; and finally Textual Additions are potential features found in the related text. In most cases, the Atlas adopts these textual additions into updated and chronological maps.
As this is an exact reproduction of the original map, see that map’s post for lists.
Past and Future Versions of this Map
This article was originally published 24th May 2018.
