File:Route from the Varangians to the Greeks.png
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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.
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current | 02:01, 22 September 2006 | 514 × 764 (27 KB) | Mzajac (talk | contribs) | An initial version of a map for Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, created using the [http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/make_map.html OMC map form]. You can recreate this map and plot it as an EPSF or Illustrator file, for further embelli |
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