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I read The Scar by China Mieville and was quite impressed by the depth and detail of the world Mieville had created. However, when I went looking for a map of the fictional world of Bas-Lag I found nothing. So I made one myself.

I've done my best to place every location correctly but there were times when I had to guess (for example, we know Nova Esperium is about 10,000 miles from New Crobuzon but not exactly WHERE it is). If you see any glaring deviations from canon or things that I have missed don't hesitate to point them out - I'll update the map if and when it is needed!

Fullview is...uh...big.

Paper texture [link] by :iconstruckdumb:
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~jonquiz Mar 13, 2013
Hi, I actually read about Bas-Lag for the first time today.

What you have done is simply awesome - it would be a great companion to reading Miéville's books.

Your map reminds me of the long and happy hours I have spent gazing in admiration at fantasy novel maps and losing myself in vivid dreams... :)

Thank you for sharing!
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~Greenkey2 Jun 17, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Holy cartographers Batman! :omfg: I was hoping to find a map of Bas Lag in Iron Council. Alas, not so, but your interpretation looks to be spot on :D
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~seeknow May 30, 2012
First of all, I am a total Map-head and love maps. I am reading The Scar right now and did a search for Bas-Lag art and found this. Amazing!
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~dsivis Apr 7, 2012
An excellent compilation of information in a genre-appropriate style.
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~cyclos12 Mar 9, 2012
Wow! I say this on wikipedia! congrats!
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~Darkdingo20 Apr 12, 2011
This is quite an interesting map, I saw this on wikipedia while looking up the novel's by China Mieville. :>
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~dana-redde Feb 20, 2011
Gorgeous!! LOVED that book, but had a hard time keeping track of where everything was.
Even if I hadn't read the book, this is a lovely map :D Did you draw all the designs and flourishes? They're marvellous.

Only crit--I just checked my copy of the book, and there's not an 'h' in the Gengris!
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Mood: Wow! *japookins Jan 27, 2011
w0w
seriously w0w
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~BreakInTheSun Feb 7, 2010
Impressive! I'm rereading The Scar now, and as far as I can tell this seems to be really accurate, and very elegantly designed too.
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~feigenbaum Feb 6, 2010
It was in Dragon Magazine issue 352 from February 2007.
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