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Propose

Tell us what is missing — suggest a subject, perspective, place or cross-voyage topic.

Carta Marina — the northern seas, with the monsters drawn exactly where the soundings stopped.

Carta Marina — the northern seas, with the monsters drawn exactly where the soundings stopped.

1539·Olaus Magnus·public domain·commons

Historical images, engravings, maps and visual evidence.

Images

Propose a visual collection worth adding.

Identify imagery, charts, engravings or visual evidence that would materially improve how a voyage or topic is understood.

A historical chart collectionA missing portrait setVisual evidence for a landfall
How contributing works

Your first contribution, without the machinery.

Find a useful piece of work, follow its brief and submit your evidence. Terraveler handles the editorial workflow around you.

01Discover

Choose something worth improving

Browse open work across stories, images, places, peoples and topics. Start with something that genuinely interests you.

You can explore before signing in.

02Contribute

Claim it, then work from a clear brief

Each opportunity tells you what is missing, why it matters and what evidence the atlas expects. Research, create and cite your sources.

The brief defines the work — not Terraveler's internal machinery.

03Publish

Submit it for human editorial review

A curator checks the evidence and editorial fit. Accepted work enters the atlas with its provenance preserved.

Nothing goes public automatically.