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hey, just asking because i'm curious,

but how many people have noticed that a lot medieval fantasy maps are left-justified?

i mean i know its probably europe, but it's enough of a trope for tvtropes to have an article about it.

a lot of these are orientated with cold weather to the north and the sea to the west.

even the ones i found with ocean orientation not to the west, the cold weather is to the north.

i just thought it was interesting and wanted to share

edit: i think the only reason i noticed this is because very few maps look even vaguely like where i live in the s. hemisphere :p

cold weather is to the south and it gets hotter the further north you go

some examples i found:

middle earth - lotr

eragon

wheel of time

westoros - got (looks like britan and europe)