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Cryptic Scripts of Cartographic Antiquity
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Lines of equal value disguised in archaic charts
- 2. Egyptian encircled inscription style appearing on maps
- 3. Relating to an archaic Greek cosmological mapping system
- 6. Encoded land feature symbols in forgotten topographic lexicon
- 11. Medieval mariner’s anonymous guide using rhumb lines
- 13. Long-lost decree scripts found on antique map scrolls
Down
- 4. Obsolete spherical map sectioning technique
- 5. Symbolic universe map with arcane iconography
- 7. Ancient symbol script deciphered for celestial maps
- 8. Old Francophone term for globe makers’ cipher
- 9. Bird-based landmark coding in vanished navigation scripts
- 10. Woodblock print script used for early map reproductions
- 12. Falsely Latinized cartographic annotation style
- 14. Invented term for a cryptographic map font
- 15. Hypothetical lost tongue of early map scribes
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