Hi fellas.
I have finally completed my version 1.0 of a historical map, depicting actual documented production facilities and trade routes of 14th century northern Europe.
Compromises have been made, game mechanics drastically changed in the process, and in spite of intentions, no actual highly believable realism could be made. It is, however, a quite nice presentation of general outlines of the Hanse as it was and operated, if I may say so myself, and it comes with a complimentary documentation file, which should somehow make up for inaccuracies and anachronisms in the finished map.
I hope you'll find it interesting. I find that, in some small ways, this map endorses the player to establish trade routes much like the ones used by the Hanse. For example, using the land route to trade salt to Lubeck actually seems to work.
It can be downloaded via rapidshare on this link:
https://rapidshare.com/files/3996187826/Historical_map.zip
Cheers and have fun,
Nanuaraq
PS: Feel free to add comments and further documentation.