> So, is it a cylindrical, conic, or Mollweide > projection? Just kidding :-) You kid, I have heart problems. :) I don't know if Brust actually thought out the world on a sphere or not. I'm betting he pictured it in his head as a flat map, as that's how most authors, in my experience, appear to visualize their worlds. Heck, that's how I tend to visualize our own world, and I should know better. > What about the observation that the tip of > Dzur Mountain was to the East (or was it to > the west?) of Castle Black. Either way, it > seems hard to put DM due north of Castle > Black. Maybe I (we?) should just wait for > your full explanation before we flame you > at the stake. My belief is that Dzur Mountain is north, but has a radius of between 20 and 30 miles, and when Vlad says "tip" he means the leading edge, not the peak. Bryan