It's looking really good, Hans :)

Definitely better :)

I think it's beautiful :)

The only suggestion I have is that the labels on the land should be a dark brown or black to make them easier to read, although I understand why they are blue if the original is like that.

This issue of the 2021 Cartographer's Annual has just been published, so here is the full development example map to round off the end of this thread.

Your first map? Very well done :)

The best way to learn about sheet effects is to play with them and see what happens. That might sound like a messy way of getting to grips with them, but it is a really good way to learn what they do and don't do.