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I think we can choose the name of a famous cartographer whose name is easy to pronounce in any language.
And then,
[Cartographer Name] + ["Maps" in your language]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cartographers
Males me think of Jacques Cartier whose surname sounds like Cartes (French for map).
Under the 15th century heading, "Piri", the cartographer who prepared the top map among the sample maps shown there, would be a good name.
Or maybe, "Orbis" and "Battista" under the 16th century heading.
So Piri Maps, Orbis Maps, Battista Maps, etc.
Orbis makes me think of something sciency like the earth is in orbit or an orb. I like that
battista is long and would often be spelled wrong. Piri and Orbis are fine, but Orbis sounds better and starts with an O XD
Note that there is a university library software called orbis, but well you cant avoid that