Talk:Here be dragons

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[edit] Source for usage on modern maps

I would like to see a source for the usage of "Here be dragons" on modern maps. I've never seen this done, except on fictional and humorous maps. And I really doubt that this would be an accepted practice by the people at Rand McNally, National Geographic, Hammond, etc.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Neilmsheldon (talk • contribs) 11:46, November 3, 2006.

[edit] Link to novel

I made a quick fix to the disambiguation problem of the use of "here be dragons" as a phrase and as a novel. Something more thorough needs to be done though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mystyc1 (talk • contribs) 16:03, June 16, 2007.

You did it exactly right. :) --Quiddity 01:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if this should be pointed out somewhere in the article, but "Hic sunt dracones" translates as "Here are dragons" as "here be dragons" would be something like "Hic dracones esse". 190.24.91.113 00:47, 2 October 2007 (UTC) POL

My impression, as a non-speaker-of-Latin, would be that it doesn't matter; the meaning is the same. However, actual Latin scholars may disagree entirely. Akatari 00:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RuneScape

Can someone verify that RuneScape uses more than one reference? The map on the game's website only shows "Here be penguins" in between islands in the North-West. I couldn't find any other variants. -- 62.143.100.196 11:39, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Does RuneScape -really- need to be referenced here? 70.228.71.158 (talk) 22:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction

There are a couple of things that strike me as odd about the intro. First, it says, "...a phrase used by ancient cartographers... in imitation of the infrequent medieval practice." How could an ancient cartographer imitate a medieval practice? Secondly, would the Lenox Globe be considered medieval or would it be early Renaissance? Perhaps someone with a better understanding of history could explain or propose changes.--Trystan (talk) 17:52, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I think that "ancient" is intended to be understood in a vague sense, rather than specifically classical antiquity. AnonMoos (talk) 18:32, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DOI for the Vesta paper

I've added a DOI for the Vesta paper using the doi template (Template:Doi), but it doesn't seem to work properly. Can't see what i've done wrong, so leaving it for someone else to fix!

-- AnonymousDonor 2008-04-28 2317 +0100