: Re: How to give cartography information in a fantasy setting without being too precise? I'm writing a fantasy story set in an imaginary world. For the first time, I'm giving geographical information

I can think of a few stock phrases and techniques that might be useful to you:

use time instead of distance, "[hours, days, weeks or months] of travel" people travel
at different rates so while it gives an idea of the relationship between two places it doesn't give a precise distance.
when you do give numbered distances be vague, "hundreds of miles", "four thousand odd miles", again it gives the reader an idea of what it takes to go from A to B but without giving an exact position.
with directions use the cardinal points, north, south, east, and west, precisely but the then be vague about the secondary notes "a hundred miles north, and somewhat east of...", this puts you roughly on the map without being an exact position or travel distance.

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