Others, in their quest for knowledge, paid the highest price that scholarship demands, which is to say, a day off in lieu.Īnd so we dedicate this map and these accompanying words to the officers, councilors and members of the Merchants’ Guild and to all who will find in its pages paths yet to tread and places yet to explore within the magnificentbwonder that is the city of Ankh-Morpork. To some the only memorial is the map you now possess. In The Art of Discworld Pratchett explains that the city is similar to Tallinn and central Prague, but. We ask that when you pore over this glorious work you spare some thought for the humble cartographers and surveyors who made journeys into the darker corners of our metropolis – no less dangerous than the wilds of Skund or Bhangbhangduc. Le compleat ankh morpork guide de ville terry pratchett The Ankh-Morpork Archives, Volume I, is a fully illustrated comprehensive guide to the exuberant capital city of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, getting to the heart of Ankh-Morpork’s. Our city has grown well beyond its ancient walls, but the remit of this commission from the honourable Guild of Merchants was to ‘map the city’, the pulsing organ of commerce and culture, the heart as opposed to the body, and this we have done. Greetings, adventurer! We lay before you this most comprehensive gazetteer encompassing all the streets of Ankh-Morpork, as well as information on its principal businesses, hotels, taverns, inns, and places of entertainment and refreshment, enhanced by the all-new and compleat map of our great city state.
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