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In extension to this question about Game of Thrones, we know the map of Westeros and Essos which is in flat style.

Do the west of Westeros and the east of Essos connect?

Or is the map not completed yet?

GoT Map

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    Related to or answer given in https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/3547/does-the-song-of-ice-and-fire-take-place-in-a-hollow-world/4390?r=SearchResults#4390 – Seamusthedog May 28 '19 at 14:12
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    Maps in reality are represented in some sort of flat projection, but that doesn't prove that Earth is flat. It was a common assumption for a long time. – Luciano May 28 '19 at 14:58
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    Why wouldn't it be round? If a paper map is your only evidence for thinking it is flat, this is flawed question. – JPhi1618 May 29 '19 at 03:20
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    Per the series finale, the map is not completed. One of the characters' goals is to add to the map. (Not to spoil anything) – BruceWayne May 29 '19 at 05:47
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    The climate becomes colder close to the top of the map so it basically has to be round. Should be smaller than Earth though, not larger (assuming that Westeros is roughly the size of Great Britain) – smcs May 29 '19 at 09:24
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    Why can't it be both? Oh wait, because of geometry. Thanks geometry. Carry on. – Paul D. Waite May 29 '19 at 09:46
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    @smcs: I can't find a reference immediately, but while Westeros is inspired by Great Britain and has a similar shape, it is much larger. Westeros is supposedly roughly the size of South America! – Roel Schroeven May 29 '19 at 09:52
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    @Luciano: the Maesters for Social Equality will tell you that this particular projection grossly inflates the perceived importance of Westeros. For all we know, Illyrio Mopatis hung it on infant Daenerys' bedroom wall, thus fuelling her Iron Throne obsession! It could be the map that destroyed Kings Landing! – Paul D. Waite May 29 '19 at 09:53
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    @Luciano among whom? Pretty sure the ancients with enough intellectual curiosity to ask the question figured out the truth fairly quickly... – Jared Smith May 29 '19 at 12:20
  • @JaredSmith many cultures believed the Earth was flat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth – Luciano May 29 '19 at 12:23
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  • The sun rises and sets. 2. The North is colder.
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    @Luciano I stand corrected. I'm so used to people spouting the nonsensical "Columbus debunked that the Earth is flat" bit that I tend to forget there was a lot of human history before classical Greece. – Jared Smith May 29 '19 at 12:36
  • @NathanCooper Something something perspective. – Acccumulation May 29 '19 at 14:47
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    Using a map as evidence that the mapmaker thought the Earth is flat is singularly flawed logic. No, medieval people did NOT think the Earth is flat. – Martha May 29 '19 at 18:23
  • @MateenUlhaq The sun would still rise and set on a flat world rotating on an axis parallel to its surface, so that alone isn't evidence. – Nuclear Hoagie May 29 '19 at 18:46
  • @MateenUlhaq, and yet their seasons change in unpredictable way. And it thought it causes by magic. What if the North was colder because of magic of the Others? What if sunsets are caused by R'hlor riding his chariot in the sky? – user28434 May 30 '19 at 13:52
  • While reasons submitted above could help support a round earth theory, there is no true way with what is given and there’s plenty of room for special phenomenon to describe temperature differences, sun rises, and the like. IMHO, the best empirical evidence may be the end scene with one of the characters sailing left (spoilers removed). In the scene, there is a horizon and while that does not universally prove anything, it may be the greatest characteristic to support a curved earth theory. – vol7ron May 31 '19 at 11:59