28 October 2025

LoZompatore’s Trade Routes in the Sea of Dread, 72 miles per hex

In mid-2014, Michele published the article Advice for traders in the Sea of Dread in Threshold #4. He included a few maps to illustrate it, of which this was the first. It’s an overview of the region from a trading perspective, highlighting ports, shipping lanes, and a variety of hazards that traders would need to consider.

To make the map fit on a single page, he used a rather small, 72 mile per hex scale. Despite that, the information presented is quite dense, and there’s far more going on in this map than is usual for a map of this scale.

Fan-made Map by Michele Carpita (June 2014)

*Trade Routes in the Sea of Dread, 72 miles per hex by Michele Carpita, June 2014*

This is an original map created by one of Mystara’s excellent fan cartographers. For more information on the cartographer, including a gallery of all their maps, see also Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara.

Sources

See the bottom of Michele’s article for the full list

Fan Sources

Threshold #4 (30 June 2014) (Vaults of Pandius)
- Advice for traders in the Sea of Dread by Michele Carpita at the Vaults of Pandius (June 2014)

References

All of Michele’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
Michele’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
Michele’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in June 2014. The updated Atlas version of this map is not yet available. See also Appendix C for annual chronological snapshots of the area. For the full context of this map in Mystara’s publication history, see the upcoming Let’s Map Mystara 2014.

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. 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.

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