COMPLETE Anhk-Morpork

[Who's Wee Dug]

Feegled from the Cunning ones site.

 

[simmonds91]

Thats awesome, thasa big map

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

It's quite large when take it out of the back of the book, I believe there may be a wall poster to follow.

 

[simmonds91]

can't wait, though my wall hates posters, not once have I ever been able to hang one up.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Is that because they tend to hang down. :whistle:

 

[SomeKindOfStranger]

Are there really plans for a poster? I was working out how to iron/de-crease mine to get it framed but I may just wait a while if thats the case!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Yes!! but the publishers are holding on to it until early next year.

 

[simmonds91]

Is that because they tend to hang down. :whistle:

:clap:

 

[rayw]

Big missed opportunity! The aerial view on the reverse of the big map could have been produced from Feegle Maps.

 

[=Tamar]

can't wait, though my wall hates posters, not once have I ever been able to hang one up.

Could you get some thin lath and make a tall, thin, freestanding poster frame/holder? It could lean gently against the wall and-or be propped up with something.

 

[Tonyblack]

Big missed opportunity! The aerial view on the reverse of the big map could have been produced from Feegle Maps.

Hi there rayw! I didn't see you there. Welcome to the site.

 

[simmonds91]

Is it just me or does the river Ankh look a lot like the river that runs through London? I noticed it when I was watching Eastenders the other day, with the millenium dome being where the Tower of Art rests.

 

[pip]

Oddly enough a lot of sediment rich rivers tend to meander quite a bit as you get towards there mouth so the Ankh looks like the Thames but also looks like a lot of other rivers that go though a city . Check out Prague as another example

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Is it just me or does the river Ankh look a lot like the river that runs through London? I noticed it when I was watching Eastenders the other day, with the millenium dome being where the Tower of Art rests.

Ankh Morpork was modelled on London that's why it looks familiar.

 

[Square12]

Surely it lends itself better to the twin cities of Buda & Pest? Two cities whose names were joined to create one city?

 

[=Tamar]

Surely it lends itself better to the twin cities of Buda & Pest? Two cities whose names were joined to create one city?

All of the above and more... Ankh-Morpork is based on every city that ever had a river through it. Since cities tend to be based around rivers or other watery elements, that includes most of them: London, Paris, Rome, Prague, etc.

 

[Tonyblack]

Indeed. I think I remember hearing that the only capital city (possibly even major city) in Europe that is not either on a major river or by the sea, is Madrid.

 

[Square12]

Madrid does have a river but it is very small, when I can get photobucket working ill add a picture.
The original capital however was Toledo, but the legend goes that one of the Spanish kings changed the capital so that his queens hair wouldn't keep going frizzy!