So, I am absolutely not meaning to dis your work here... please understand that. I really think you need to spend some time looking carefully at your scale. It just doesn't make any sense to me. A couple of your cities are literally dozens of miles across. In your last map, your main dock is nearly 1/2 mile out into the water. I think artistically you've got a good thing going, and when I read the scale it lost me entirely. Personally, I would remove your scale marks entirely.