The atlas of Middle-earth

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Personal Author:

Fonstad, Karen Wynn.

Publication Information:

Boston, Ma. : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1991.

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

xii, 210 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Personal Subject:

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973-Settings.

Subject Term:

Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Maps.

ISBN:

9780618126996

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Karen Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the definitive guide to the geography of Middle-earth, from its founding in the Elder Days through the Third Age, including the journeys of Bilbo, Frodo, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Authentic and updated -- nearly one third of the maps are new, and the text is fully revised -- the atlas illuminates the enchanted world created in THE SILMARILLION, THE HOBBIT, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
Hundreds of two-color maps and diagrams survey the journeys of the principal characters day by day -- including all the battles and key locations of the First, Second, and Third Ages. Plans and descriptions of castles, buildings, and distinctive landforms are given, along with thematic maps describing the climate, vegetation, languages, and population distribution of Middle-earth throughout its history. An extensive appendix and an index help readers correlate the maps with Tolkien's novels.

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Tolkien loved maps and geography played a great importance in his books. In the paperback revision of a hardcover that is out of print, cartographer Fonstad here details that aspect of these stories. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
The First Age
Introduction	p. 1
Valinor	p. 6
Beleriand and the Lands to the North	p. 9
The Great March	p. 16
The Flight of the Noldor	p. 18
Realms--Before the Great Defeat	p. 19
Menegroth, the Thousand Caves	p. 20
Nargothrond	p. 21
Gondolin	p. 22
Thangorodrim and Angband	p. 22
Coming of Men	p. 24
Travels of Beren and Luthien	p. 25
Travels of Turin and Nienor	p. 26
The Battles of Beleriand	p. 28
The First Battle	p. 28
The Second Battle	p. 28
The Third Battle	p. 30
The Fourth Battle	p. 30
The Fifth Battle	p. 32
The Great Battle	p. 32
The Second Age
Introduction	p. 37
Refugee Relocation	p. 40
Advent of the Dark Years	p. 42
Numenor	p. 43
Voyages of the Numenoreans	p. 44
The Realms in Exile	p. 46
The Last Alliance	p. 47
The Third Age
Introduction	p. 51
Kingdoms of the Dunedain (1050)	p. 54
Battles (1200-1634)	p. 56
The Great Plague (1636-37)	p. 56
Wainriders and Angmar (1851-1975)	p. 58
Deepening Difficulties (2000-2940)	p. 60
Migrations of Hobbits	p. 64
Migrations of Dwarves	p. 65
Regional Maps
Introduction	p. 69
The Shire	p. 69
Eriador	p. 72
Wilderland	p. 78
The Misty Mountains	p. 79
The Brown Lands, the Wold, the Downs, and the Emyn Muil	p. 83
The White Mountains	p. 86
Mordor (and Adjacent Lands)	p. 90
The Hobbit
Introduction	p. 97
Over Hill and Under Hill: Goblin-town	p. 102
Out of the Frying Pan	p. 104
Beorn's Wide Wooden Halls	p. 105
Attercop, Attercop	p. 106
Thranduil's Caverns	p. 107
Lake-town	p. 108
Lonely Mountain	p. 110
The Battle of Five Armies	p. 112
The Lord of the Rings
Introduction	p. 117
Hobbiton and Bag End	p. 118
Along the Brandywine	p. 120
On the Barrow-downs	p. 122
At the Prancing Pony	p. 124
Weathertop	p. 126
Rivendell	p. 127
Moria	p. 128
Lothlorien	p. 130
Helm's Deep	p. 132
Isengard	p. 134
Edoras	p. 136
Dunharrow	p. 136
Minas Tirith	p. 138
The Morannon	p. 140
Henneth Annun	p. 141
The Path to Cirith Ungol	p. 143
The Tower of Cirith Ungol	p. 144
Mount Doom	p. 146
The Battle of the Hornburg (March 3-4, 3019)	p. 148
Battles in the North (March 11-30, 3019)	p. 150
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (March 15, 3019)	p. 151
The Battle of the Morannon (March 25, 3019)	p. 154
The Battle of Bywater (November 3, 3019)	p. 155
Pathways	p. 156
Bag End to Rivendell	p. 162
Rivendell to Lorien	p. 164
Rauros to Dunharrow	p. 166
Dunharrow to the Morannon	p. 168
The Journey of Frodo and Sam	p. 170
The Road Home	p. 174
The Fourth Age	p. 176
Thematic Maps
Introduction	p. 179
Landforms	p. 180
Climate	p. 182
Vegetation	p. 184
Population	p. 186
Languages	p. 188
Appendix	p. 191
Notes	p. 191
Selected References	p. 200
Index of Place Names	p. 202
Index of Selected Place Names for The History of Middle-earth	p. 209

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