Now reissued, this essential volume enables Tolkien fans to find their way through every part of his great creation.
An extensive appendix and an index help readers correlate the maps with Tolkien\'s novels..
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.
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.
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.
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.
Karen Wynn Fonstad\'s THE Atlas OF Middle-Earth is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans.
Includes hundreds of 2-color maps that show the battles, castles, landforms, climate, vegetation, and population of Tolkien\'s vivid landscape.
Now reissued, this essential volume enables Tolkien fans to find their way through every part of his great creation
