Ultima III map of Sosaria

The cloth map

Included with Ultima III was this cloth map, showing the continent of Sosaria.

Description

However, as it is explained in The Book of Play, the cartographer was killed before he could add the locations of the cities, dungeons and moongates to the map. Thus the map only shows the pure landscape without these landmarks, although the names of cities and castles are listed in runic at the sides of the map. It was seriously suggested in the book to mark these things with pins! The map actually was drawn by Richard Garriott's mother.

Other Releases of the Map

The map actually has two different versions. The original version of the map is printed on a rather thick cloth and also has vibrant colors. The later versions (~1986) are on a more synthetic cloth and the color is very much yellow-shifted, making the map much harder to read.

A rare French edition of the Apple II original by publisher Ediciel included a paper map, on which the colors were shifted, creating a rather psychedelic image. A special release of the Atari 800- and C64-ports by US Gold in the UK also only had a paper map, this one being in grayscale only. Paper maps were also included in the Ultima Trilogy I and the Ultima I‑VI Series, all of them in color except for the Korean edition.

Japanese releases of Ultima III from Pony Canyon contained a different version of the cloth map which removed the city images from the sides of the map, but clearly placed all cities and dungeons on the map of Sosaria. Earlier ports by Starcraft in Japan had the map – for whatever reason – included as a jigsaw puzzle, besides a regular cloth map.

Alternate Maps

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  The red-yellow-shifted map

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  Map of the U.S. Gold releases

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  Map in the Ultima Trilogy I

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  Japanese version of cloth map

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  The French paper map

Trivia

• The jigsaw puzzle map from the Japanese Starcraft edition is a true enigma, especially since a regular cloth map also was included with the game.

Gallery

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  The almost completed jigsaw puzzle map that came with the Japanese Starcraft edition

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  Original Map by Helen Garriott. Denis Loubet says it is "clean pen work with delicate airbrush coloring".

See Also

• HRUMP: High-Res Ultima Map Project – which graciously gave us permission to host their maps
• Computer-generated map of Sosaria
• Ultima III locations map
• Ultima Atlas
• NES map for Ultima III

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