The Knotted World

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This is the beginning of a map for a small-scale world build project I just began. The world history is fairly loose at the moment, little more than a collection of vague ideas and some recurring imagery, the most important being that of knots and rope-work.

At this point, most of the terrain features are fairly fluid at this stage but I'm rather happy with the coast lines at this point.

This is supposed to be a temperate to sub-arctic type area which hopefully explains the fjords.

I've never really done a map of a culture that doesn't have a long-established history of cartography or large political divisions and states. Any pointers on how to map things like cultural regions or town-states would be very much appreciated.

Thanks