'P' is the key

[Loose_Spell_9313]

If the people who created the Voynich Manuscript wanted to say, "Hey, we are here in the Arctic Circle!", why not draw a map to show their location?  Usually people use maps to show location, not clocks.

I fail to see how drawing a whole map is more efficient than a solar/lunar encoding of that information, particularly at the time. The quality of geospatial data on maps was not refined enough for any wholesale reliable directions at the time- interpretations of scale and distance varied largely by the author's own determination- historical cartography demonstrates this perfectly. So, encoding (relative) geographic data with stars becomes easier and more reliable- because, again, there's only one region where you'll ever see a day/night cycle so short.