Hi /r/AskHistorians! I have a fantastic but dated/worn map of Europe hanging in my dining room. I gaze upon it daily and every time I pass it, I find new and interesting things I want to learn more about.
I've noticed a lot of things wrong with it and I have taken up the mission to recreate it and, once finished, reprint it.
The European background has been recreated using more up to date land maps taken from various sources and I have painstakingly drawn some of the more prominent/important rivers on the map.
Because I want this new map to be as accurate as possible, I would like some feedback on the rivers. I haven't included every river in Europe, just the important ones during that time. Note that the scale of the rivers hasn't been adjusted properly yet, so some are bigger than they should be (this was to make it easier for me).
Could the historians of Reddit take a look at what I have right now, point out errors in the placement of certain rivers and maybe suggest others that I must certainly not forget (Russia/Baltics specifically)?
After the rivers are complete, I'll go for the mountains!
Thank you all so much in advance for any feedback you can give me. Please point out any flaws on the old map that I must certainly correct on the new version. You can find an album of here: http://imgur.com/a/ugRkh and I will keep this updated with my work.
The "old map" show some serious oversimplifications:
-the Eastern Christian churches are called "Greek Catholic Church". This imply that they were a single entity, but personally I would distinguish between Greek Orthodox Churches and other churches (mainly the Egyptian Copts, maybe the Armenians).
-The Almoravid "dominions" is completely wrong, what is shown is the Almohad state not the Almoravids. The Almohads only took over the Almoravids after the first crusade and the Almoravid sultanate never extended so far in the east (they stopped at Algiers). TLDR: Almoravid name on Almohad borders
-I would add that while the "dominions of the Almoravids Almohads" and the Fatimid Caliphate (what is called "caliphate of Cairo") were actual states, united under a single ruler. The Seljukid Empire was fractured in several rival principalities (example: the Sultanate of Rum in western and central Anatolia).
Also the terminology is pretty archaic: "Dominions" and of course "Mohammedans".
Edit: just noticed, the extend of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) is wrong. At that point (~12th century) the Christian Kingdoms had retaken more ground. East of Toledo the border should be way under the Ebro river.
Interesting map though.
