(WIP) Attempting to use an 18th century atlas map as a style model

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Also may I ask if there was a special reason why you use curved labels for the cities?

The cartographer than drew this, 300 years ago, loved curved labels - it was the proper way to do it, at that time, in the Kane Empire.

It's a choice of style, really, but I am also thinking about how this map would be done in 1700 or so. Slowly and very carefully drawn by hand, with an extremely sharp black ink tip. The cartographer would probably prefer to avoid areas already painted on, hence he would avoid where something was already drawn (mountains and such), labeling around those.