W-why yes i suppose this is something of the sort. A little more complex perhaps.
He presses the parchment out flat, blots of ale and other substances staining various parts of it as he points to several figures and landmarks and begins to discuss them in excitement.
These are the Stones of Guldan, The lost temple of Almarad is here,this is The Crystal mines of Fargulf, and here are The Ruins of Haestus. O-oh, and here is our lovely Inn, but of course!
When mentioning the Inn he jabs a little section in the south-west corner of the map, surrounded by several mountains and a dense forest. you notice a body of water marked that flows through the woods and into the lands beyond, passing through several valleys and forking between its first fork; the northward stream, and its second fork; the eastward stream, each one passing either side of a huge mountain labelled "Giant's Peak Mountain".
Beyond The Giant's Peak Mountain lies a series of large swamp-lands to the north and west known as The Plague Marshes which merges into The Great Western Jungles that span across the west edge of the map, renowned for their fierce native species. Along the bottom of the map lays a large string of mountains called "The Black-Spine Mountains", in which is rumoured to be settlements of Minotaur.
The Centre of the map depicts a great set of plains and meadows, with the occasional forestry and many named blots with the titles of various villages and cities of The Central Kingdoms, while most of the north is swallowed by an inland sea, known now to the poets and journeying folk as "The Flooded Lands", with many island settlements. It is said that both the most beautiful and ugly of creatures reside there.
The east however dissolves into sand, with a landmark noted as "The Red Canyon" inscribed into it. This single chasm bored so deep into the earth that you need to use advanced cave systems to reach the surface at its floor, splitting into other wide canyons and several large subterranean tunnels. The Red Canyon is used by many travelers to journey quickly between the settlements that dot its domain.
The various landmarks he has inscribed onto The Merchant's Map that you notice include:
The Stones of Guldan
The Lost Temple of Almarad
The Crystal Mines of Fargulf
The Ruins of Haestus
The Giant's Peak Mountain
The Plague Marshes
The Great Western Jungles
The Black-Spine Mountains
The Central Kingdoms
The Flooded Lands
The Red Canyon