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Mapped Chronicles

Atlas in numbers

Where stories happen

973 stories (novels, films, video games, real journeys, historical events and myths) mapped to 6,300 real places in 142 countries. London appears in more of them than any other city: 74.

World map of every route on Mapped Chronicles, coloured by category
BooksMoviesReal JourneysHistoryGamesMythology
Stories
973
Places
6,300
Countries
142
Places you can visit
64%

Cities with the most stories

A story counts for a city when one of its pinned stops lies inside it.

  1. 1London74 routes
  2. 2Tokyo63 routes
  3. 3Paris38 routes
  4. 4Moscow38 routes
  5. 5Los Angeles38 routes
  6. 6New York37 routes
  7. 7Rome33 routes
  8. 8Kyoto31 routes
  9. 9Saint Petersburg23 routes
  10. 10Venice19 routes

All cities

How real are the places?

Every stop is labelled by how exact it is. 47% of all stops are exact places you can stand on; 5% are fictional and shown at a real-world stand-in.

  • Exact
  • Approximate
  • Speculative
  • Fictional
All storiesExact 47%
BooksExact 34%
MoviesExact 58%
Real JourneysExact 32%
HistoryExact 53%
GamesExact 31%
MythologyExact 25%

Top countries by category

Countries with the most routes in each category. A route that crosses borders counts for every country on it.

Records

Most countries on one route
10 countries
Karl Bushby's Goliath Expedition: Punta Arenas to Hull

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Counted from every published route and updated daily (last update 13 Nov 2026). Countries come from each route's country list; cities and records use pinned stops only.