Pirates of the Spanish Main Maps NW Europe.pdf

Northwest Europe Travel Map

A Fan-Made Savage Worlds TM Resource by Jordan Peacock

for use with Pirates of the Spanish Main TM RPG

If your Pirates adventures call for sailing

around Great Britain, here’s a map of the region

(northwestern Europe), done to the same scale as

the map of the Spanish Main included in Pirates

of the Spanish Main: Swashbuckling Roleplaying in the

Age of Sail (hereafter referred to as the Pirates

RPG for brevity). For full rules on how to use

this map for long-distance travel, you’ll need the

Pirates RPG core book.

Disclaimers

This is not a resource for the study of

history. It’s a game tool. Note the conspicuous

lack of borders, and the fact that the map has no

date on it.

For this map, I looked up a few resources to

ind names of cities present circa 1700 or so. In

the span of time that falls within the “Age of

Piracy,” Europe’s borders change quite a bit. If

you’re interested in being historically accurate for

a given time period, I recommend that you do

some research on your own. I’m happy to say

that any change in the coastlines is negligible, and

the major cities stay put (even if we might not

recognize some of the names) - so for the base

purpose of measuring distances in “1 square =

30 miles” scale, this ought to be a decent starting

point.

Please note that the squares don’t match up

perfectly with other maps of mine (such as the

map of the Mediterranean), due to shifting scales

when dealing with a Mercator projection map,

going north or south.

Prevailing Winds

For this map, assume that the prevailing

winds are from the southwest, blowing toward

the northeast - the “Westerlies.”

How to Use This Map

Two versions of this map are provided - one

that puts the whole map on a single page, and

another that breaks it up into two (overlapping)

sheets, printed larger for easier use. To use the

overlapping sheets, just print them off separately,

trim the white from around the margins, and then

line them up (overlapping as necessary) and tape

together.

You can then use the map to keep track of

the players’ ship position for journeys around

England and other nations of northwestern

Europe. For complete rules on how to navigate

the seas, see “Rules of the Sea” on page 128 of

the Pirates RPG.

Locations

Hamburg (Germany)

Accessible by means of the River Elbe

(which empties into the North Sea). A major

sea port since medieval times, given its key

location.

London (England)

Accessible via the River Thames. In the

17th century and up until about 1814 (when

temperatures began to rise again), the Thames

would regularly freeze over in winter.

Sankt-Pietersberg (Russia)

(AKA St. Petersburg.) Founded in 1703

by Emperor Peter the Great, as the capitol

for the Russian Empire from 1713-1728, and

from 1732-1918. Unlike most major cities

that gradually grow to prominence, this one

started with its irst brick-and-stone building in

1703, and expanded by imperial decree. In its

early years, this city had heavy demand for raw

materials; if your campaign is set in this period,

seafarers willing to make the journey can make

considerable proits on imported lumber and

the like.

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