25 September 2026

Zendrolion’s Known World, 24 miles per hex Blank

For his Demografia Mystarana book, Simone put together a new take on the classic Known World, 24 mile per hex map. This was the blank version of the map; he also made two labelled versions for his book, both of which have their labels in Italian. He explained the ideas behind the map when he posted it to the MMB, in March 2007:

Here’s another 24-mile map of the Known World I’ve made for our Mystaran Demography project at the Italian MMB. I post it here also because perhaps some of you can be interested in it.

The map is updated, i.e. the 24-miles hex terrain types, borders, etc. have been positioned using a 24-miles grid overlay over the 8-miles GAZ maps. This was done because canon KW 24-miles maps were largely inaccurate and inconsistent with maps from the GAZs. So do not be surprised if you find some difference between known KW 24-miles maps and this one.

He went on to provide a detailed list of the major changes, which is well worth quoting here in full:

Atruaghin: The reference here was Thorf’s updated map, since GAZ14’s one is known to be wrong.

Heldann/Norwold Border: The solution adopted here follows the one used in my Norwold 24-miles map, in the topic Norwold from the Italian MMB.

Isle of Dawn: Exact position of the IoD has been determined accordingly to TM2 map.

Karameikos: Reference here is again Thorf’s map of the Grand Duchy, in particular the version with forested hills (which is more consistent with GAZ1’s description of the area).

Northern Wildlands: Rivers featured in the map are borrowed from OldDawg’s Northern Wildlands GAZ, even if I’ve kept canon terrain types.

Sind/Glantri Border: Here the CoM’s map has been followed.

Thanegioth Archipelago: I’ve added some minor island, following Mark Howard’s 8-miles map of the area, at the Vaults.

Wendar: I made some minor changes to Thorf’s map to keep canon 8-mile map pieces of Wendar (mostly from GAZ3).

Last but not least, you’ll find a small island some hexes south of Trader’s Island. This is the isle featured in the AC10 adventure “Isle of the Storm Giant” – this is an addition to canon maps.

Another mountainous island many hexes south of Hattias – not featured in canon KW 24-miles map – is the Burning Mountain, an island featured in XS1 “Lathan’s Gold”.

In short, this was a reconstructed version of the map, derived from a fresh conversion from the more detailed 8 mile per hex maps. The resulting map was a better match with the larger scale maps. It’s not that the classic X1 map and its later reprisals were wrong or in some way flawed; rather, this map better reflected later developments from more detailed maps, bringing them full circle back to the zoomed out smaller scale.

Simone was not the only cartographer to do this. Over the years, quite a few have done similar maps — Mark Howard’s Known World maps especially come to mind as great examples of this type of upgraded map.

Fan-made Map by Simone Neri (March 2007)

*The Known World, 24 miles per hex, by Simone Neri, March 2007 (blank version)*

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

Fan Sources

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in March 2007. 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 2007.

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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