Sturm’s Izonda & Pelatan, 24 miles per hex
This map was the culmination of a decade of on and off collaboration between Francesco Defferrari and Thibault Sarlat.
It all started back in 2001 with Francesco’s Northwestern Davania, 72 miles per hex draft map, dividing the western section of Geoff Gander’s Davania into nations great and small. Then in 2006 Thibault turned this into a series of draft maps at 24 miles per hex, which in turn Francesco marked up with details in the form of locations, internal borders, and of course map labels. Thibault finalised this in his 2007 Western Davania, 24 miles per hex map. However, perhaps due to the map’s scope (including vast swathes of the rest of Davania), it seems that he never shared this map.
And so it fell to Francesco to post the first finalised version a few years later in 2011. Based on his comments from the time, it seems he was not aware of Thibault’s 2007 map. He dealt with the unfinished areas by cropping the map to show only Izonda and Pelatan, and added some extra details in the remaining undeveloped regions.
It was a long journey to this point, but regardless, the map was an amazing gift to the Mystara community, filling in an area of the planet that otherwise would have been empty terrain. Many thanks to both Francesco and Thibault!
Fan-made Map by Francesco Defferrari (March 2011)
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
- None
Fan Sources
- The Invincible Dictatorship of Izonda by Francesco Defferrari (2000) (Vaults of Pandius)
- Sturm’s Northwestern Davania, 72 miles per hex (2001)
- Thibault’s Northwestern Davania, 72 miles per hex (2006)
- Sturm’s Pelatan, 24 miles per hex (2006)
- Sturm’s Izonda, 24 miles per hex (2006)
- Sturm’s Southern Pelatan, 24 miles per hex (2006)
- Thibault’s Western Davania, 24 miles per hex (2007)
- Thoughts on Northwestern Davania (2011) (Vaults of Pandius)
- Thoughts on Izonda Region (2011) (Vaults of Pandius)
- Thoughts on Pelatan (2011) (Vaults of Pandius)
- Terra incognita, a voyage to the uncharted south (2011) (Vaults of Pandius)
References
- All of Francesco’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
- Francesco’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
- Francesco’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius
Chronological Analysis
This is a fan-made map. It was published in March 2011. 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 2011. (Please note that it may be some time before the project reaches this point.)
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.
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