They have some colony states on the north coast of Essos (presumably east of Braavos on this map). Ibben: a large island in the Shivering Sea north-east of Braavos, about a thousand miles east of Skagos. Stepstones: a chain of islands off Essos's south-western coast, the eastern-most end of the shattered land bridge that once linked Dorne and Essos. A near-permanent warzone, bordered by the immense River Rhoyne to the east. Myr, Tyrosh & Lys : Three of the southern Free Cities, often clashing over the Disputed Lands.ĭisputed Lands: an area of territory disputed between Myr and Lys (and sometimes Tyrosh and Volantis). A relatively fertile land, but sometimes raided by the Dothraki when they are not appeased by being bought off. Pentos: home of Magister Illyrio, site of Daenerys and Drogo's wedding in A Game of Thrones.įlatlands: vast farming lands and estates beyond Pentos' walls. Apparently a more detailed version of the Free Cities will also appear in A Dance with Dragons (incorporating some locations off the edges of this map).īraavos: the northern-most of the Free Cities, a major location in A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. This is the first canon map of the Free Cities that has ever appeared, despite a significant amount of action in both the first and fourth books taking place there.
Note that Norvos, Qohor and Volantis are located just off the eastern edges of the map. In fact, as well as the map of the Free Cities it sounds like Vaes Dothrak and the Dothraki Sea will also be featured, and therefore presumably Lhazar (a region south-east of the Dothraki Sea, near Slaver's Bay, where Dany's storyline in the first novel and season climaxes).ĭetailed map of the Free Cities region. The TV series will use these in the opening title sequence (which changes every episode to reflect the locations visited). Martin provided them with some additional maps. HBO decided they wanted to use maps in the series to illuminate the action, including that of Dany and her journeys in the east, so George R.R. Whilst useful, it didn't illuminate the rest of the landmass: the Free Cities, the Dothraki Sea, the Red Waste and Qarth, all of which Dany visited in her earlier travels. Oddly, despite the presence of extremely detailed maps of Westeros in the first four novels, the only map of Essos that has appeared is the area of Slaver's Bay, which was published in A Storm of Swords.
The bulk of the action takes place on Westeros, a 3,000-mile-long landmass stretching from north to south, whilst the storyline of Daenerys Targaryen (and later other characters) takes place on Essos, a vast, Eurasia-sized landmass located just to the east of Westeros across the Narrow Sea. A comparative map showing the relative locations of Westeros and Essos, separated by the Narrow Sea.įor the uninitiated, the action of the Song of Ice and Fire novels (and by extension the TV series) takes place on two continents.
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