@jbgibson , first off, I'll go with wow. Your critique is of great help and I will certainly look into these matters in the future. As for the blue tinting, it's marshland or.. swamp. For the curved font, I didn't use any other font then before. The illusion lies in the arc, I'm sure. The rivers, again thank you for these pointers. This map does not go into deep detail on rivers. I have only marked out major rivers not smaller ones. This map lacks also smaller settlements etc. This is meant to be a a general overview map with not too many details if you catch my drift.

All in all, thank you a lot !