Atlas/Historical Maps
Historical Maps of UO
The original plan for the UO map
circa summer 1998
Courtesy of Cory Doctorow
image licensing: CC BY-SA 2.0
Original color concept map for the UO map
March 1996
From the 1996 pre-alpha owo.com website
Pre-alpha UO world and Britain
March 1996
From the 1996 pre-alpha owo.com website
Beta world map used to produce the original cloth map
June 1997
From the 1997 beta owo.com website
The original Lost Lands plan
circa early 1997
Courtesy of Raph Koster
image licensing: Copyright Raph Koster, used with permission
For the 1996 concept world maps, the top left continent is recognizably Sosaria, or the Lands of Lord British commonly known as Britannia. The other three continents went initially unused, but all came from Ultima lore. The second continent is the Lands of the Feudal Lords, the third continent is the Lands of the Dark Unknown, and the fourth continent is upside-down and reversed, but it is the Lands of Danger and Despair, otherwise known as the Serpent Isle.
