This is one of the earliest AO Maps in existence (There are a handful of older ones that are a bit less organized and sensible). This map is from before the great war that led to the glassing of Tachbe, which was a crucial transition point that marked the beginning of AO as a Sporting Empire vs. a non-sporting one.
Here is a map evolution from 3 Months after the map posted above. The currently accepted geography of AO becomes more prevalent, Tachbe has been glassed and future sporting superpowers Starblaydia, Sarzonia and Krytenia arrive as n00bs, as well as Lamoni, NEWI Cefn Druids and Pedriana.
Good god, this makes me feel OLD. When I set up shop, Xile, Abattoir and Crystilakere/Diamindokere were still knocking about.
Obviously that's before I got my mittens on Diamindokere.
And I remember some of the old guard. Nedalia, Khazaron, Bazalonia, even Lamoni, before we fell out over egregious miscalculations towards his tiny economy.