fantasy maps
Fictional world cartography
Fantasy maps are illustrated maps of imaginary worlds, typically accompanying fantasy novels, games, or worldbuilding projects.
They depict fictional continents, kingdoms, and terrain in a style evoking medieval cartography—hand-drawn coastlines, mountain ranges shown in profile, ornate compass roses.
The fantasy map in the front of the book helped me track the characters' journey.
The genre has its own conventions: uncharted regions, ominous place names, and decorative borders suggesting aged parchment.
- questsPurposeful extended journeys
- treasure mapGuide to hidden loot
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
- mythologiesBodies of traditional narratives
- kingdomsMonarch-ruled territories
cartography · parchment · aged paper · rivers · mountain range · compass rose · compass points · calligraphy · languages · civilizations · forests · enchanted forest · borders · ancient ruins · map symbols · sea monsters · uncharted territory · legends
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- mapsroad map, world map, atlases, street map, regional map
- fictional mapsimaginary worlds, fictional worlds, Neverland, Atlantis, enchanted lands
- fantasy studiesworldbuilding, world-building, magic systems, dragon lore, subcreation
- imaginary placesfictional cities, imaginary landscapes, wonderland, enchanted forest, story world
- Fun Maps
fantasy mapsnavigation charts
Maps for steering vessels
road atlases · GPS navigation · street maps · nautical charts · topographic maps
fantasy mapsgeographic maps
Scaled depictions of terrain
survey maps · topographic maps · nautical charts · satellite imagery · Google Maps
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