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The definitive, exquisitely detailed guide to the geography of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, by renowned cartographer Karen Wynn Fonstad.

Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle-earth is an essential and official Tolkien companion that will enchant all 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 -- this guide to Tolkien's world illuminates the lore created in The Silmarillion , The Hobbit , and The Lord of the Rings .

Hundreds of two-color maps and diagrams, a true feat of Middle-earth cartography, 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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• 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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Library Journal Review

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.

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J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. Karen Wynn Fonstad, the author or The Atlas of Pern, The Forgotten Realms Atlas and other guides to fantasy worlds, is a noted cartographer. She lives in Wisconsin. CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN (1924-2020) was the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. Appointed by Tolkien to be his literary executor, he devoted himself to the editing and publication of unpublished writings, notably The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth.