welcome! i'm nawid, and i'm so glad you're on my site, and i'm even more glad that you're taking the time to learn about some of the more obscure history i'm covering. my relationship with map-making is pretty long—i learned to draw the world map from memory when i was five. when i was nine, i began applying what i learned from my elementary art classes to the digital space. and by the time i reached middle school, i developed the research skills to publish the maps you see on my site today, many of which you've probably also seen on wikipedia. altogether, my work has been independently viewed around 300,000 times. if you have any questions, feel free to reach out :)