distances in the YK

[tarkhan bey]

Something I have often been unsure of in the YK is the distances involved between locations. The old Chaosium supplement" Seas of Fate" had tables that showed days spent on voyages between major ports which were very useful.
My question to any of the ELric team who happen to read it is as follows.
Is there anything in any of the upcoming releases that will give a clear indicator of the days travelled overland between various settlements?( I know that the whole map is meant to represent an area roughly the size of Europe)
If not,then would any of you mind taking a stab at the following for me?
The rough distance between Cadsandria and Andlermaign and how many days you think it would take to cover it a)on foot, b) by caravan,c) on horseback and d) on a fast horse as if Arioch himself was chasing you.
From these answers I hope to be able to work out reasonable distances and times for other journey's.
Also,would it be reasonable to assume that there would be a regular overland caravan road between these two settlements given their descriptions?
Thanks Guys

 

[Loz]

Cadsandria to Andlermaign is about 600 miles. And yes, there will be caravans, although I'd think they'd be (highly, if not very) infrequent, as Andlermaign is a remote spot and land travel across such open, unpopulated areas not especially profitable.

There's a more detailed map, with scale, going into the Elric Companion.

Also included in the EoMC is a sailing distances chart much expanded from the Chaosium 'Sailing on the Sea of Fate' one, which wasn't complete.

 

[tarkhan bey]

Thanks Loz,
So you don't think that there would be a regular caravan road. I had taken it that caravan traffic would not be out of the ordinary given the power and wealth of southern cattle Baron's. That and the fact that the malign influences currently leeching into Argimiliaran society are reckoned to be emanating from Andlermaign.
I just noticed as I was looking at the map again that Bakshaan has become a port again. I take it then that you were not in agreement of its inland placement in the later Chaosium editions.

 

[Loz]

Oh, there'll be a caravan trail, but given its remote nature, Andlermaign isn't going to be a popular destination - not because there isn't trade to be done there, just 600 miles of open country with lots of scope for banditry. Sounds like excellent news for adventure to me!

On Bakshaan, the map in the EoM rulebook was drawn from the old William Church map (which was, in turn, drawn for Chaosium) and its quite clearly a port on there, and I've always seen it as such, too, rather than being inland. I can't recall if MM ever stipulates it as being a port, but no reason why it shouldn't be.