Map of malazan world
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My longest continuous online mapping project has been an attempt to generate a semi-definitive map of the world of the Malazan saga by Steven Erikson and Ian Esslemont. I started trying to arrive up with crude world maps all the way back in 2005, and these have continued intermittently ever since, especially when the authors released new regional maps in the books.
This is a totally new, ground-up redrawing of the world map on a new and extremely enormous scale (apologies for those who have problems loading it).
This route was created by combining the individual regional maps from the books with Steven Erikson’s unique world map that he created back in the 1980s. Although that map was superseded by the later maps he created for the books with designer Neil Gower, it still proved extremely useful for the areas of the world that possess still not appeared on any official map (such as Bael, western Seven Cities, Genostel and Umryg).
A few areas have survived from the older world maps created by D’rek on the Malazanempire forum, most notably Stratem. D’rek created the original outline of Stratem which I then modified when it became transparent
My longest continuous online mapping venture has been an attempt to produce a semi-definitive map of the world of the Malazan saga by Steven Erikson and Ian Esslemont. I started trying to come up with crude earth maps all the way endorse in 2005, and these own continued intermittently ever since, especially when the authors released recent regional maps in the books.
This is a totally new, ground-up redrawing of the world chart on a new and extremely large scale (apologies for those who have problems loading it).
Please click for a much (much!) bigger version.
This blueprint was created by combining the individual regional maps from the books with Steven Erikson’s authentic world map that he created back in the 1980s. Although that map was superseded by the later maps he created for the books with musician Neil Gower, it still proved extremely useful for the areas of the…
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A few notes:
The entire south-western two-thirds of the Seven Cities continent is conjecture, although backed up by a detailed narrative description in The Bonehunters.
The 'middle bit' of Lether and the south coast of the continent is conjecture, but heavily supported by a rough nature map provided by Steven Erikson to the administrators of Malazanempire.com. The placement of the continent is also by word of Erikson, with its eastern coast being due south of western Seven Cities.
The placement of Jacuruku is conjectural, but based on the directions on the maps. These show the Ocean/Strait of Storms as being located t
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Macros, on 05 March 2020 - 10:48 AM, said:
I always envisioned the lether continent being far further away and isolated
It is. If this was Earth Quon Tali would be north-east Africa and Lether would be in the southern Pacific Ocean way off the coast of South America.
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Bit weird seeing ice fields on the equator, and Seven Cities up so far north, or is the positioning of the map in relation to poles etc unknown at this point?
The ice fields were magically created by the Jaghut. The odhans and deserts in Seven Cities are magical creations, either resulting from the devastation of the First Empire's collapse or from the Jade Statues which basically created Otataral Island.
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Great work wert, what is the southern landmass?
An extension of the southern polar continent, taken from Steven Erikson's original maps.
Atlas of Ice and Fire
One of the most constant projects I’ve been working on for the past decade is the perfecting and improvement of a planet map for Steven Erikson and Ian Esslemont’s Malazan series of legendary fantasy novels. This led to the Malazan Maps of the Fallen series I ran in early 2018.
The new, improved Malazan world map. Please click for a larger version.
I wasn’t expecting to revisit the Malazan setting so soon, but a few months ago Steven Erikson released his imaginative Malazan world map from the 1980s on his Facebook page. Although many of the details of the map have changed since Erikson created the imaginative (as seen in the maps in the books), the general shape of the world and landmasses remains the same. As such as, I was qualified to revisit the prior society map (created by D’Rek on the Malazanempire forum, although I moved and resized some of the landmasses and added brand-new labels) and revise it. I also took this opportunity to redraw the entire map, as the previous one was not at high enough a level of resolution to mark in all the details required.
Steven Erikson’s original, hand-drawn map follows:
Steven Erikson’s original