A map of the world of the alternate history book "The Years of Rice and Salt", by Kim Stanley Robinson. This map is based on one from the book (which is credited to Jeffrey L. Ward), it shows the four main blocks or alliances on the eve of the "Long War" (specific date is 1333 AH or 1915 AD). This is not an exact copy of the map in the book, which is very different; being a hand drawn map which uses an unusual map projection. The borders are correct to the book, however some areas are not shown properly on the book's map and so I have had to interpolate a bit (i.e. the book's map does not show the Caribbean islands at all, so I have just chosen to assign them to Dar al-Islam as this seems the most logical based on the history contained in the novel).