File:Route from the Varangians to the Greeks.png

Summary[edit]

An initial version of a map for Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, created using the OMC map form. You can recreate this map and plot it as an EPSF or Illustrator file, for further embellishment.

Created with the following parameters:

Boundaries:

• North: 62.5
• West: 20
• East: 45
• South: 37.5

Projection: Lambert Azimuthal (Mercator also works)

Show grid, national boundaries, rivers, colour

User-defined locations (check "annotate"):

18.283, 57.633, Visby (Gotland)
17.717, 59.617, Sigtuna
32.300, 59.983, Staraya Ladoga
31.267, 58.533, Novgorod
28.800, 55.483, Polatsk
32.050, 54.783, Smolensk
31.300, 51.500, Chernihiv
30.500, 50.583, Vyshhorod [hidden: overlaps Kiev]
30.523, 50.450, Kiev
29.000, 41.000, Constantinople

Still need coordinates:

Birka
Hedeby
Liubech

Of course this still needs the route plotted. Please improve.

Licensing[edit]

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