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An Atlas of Tolkien
Di David Day
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Tolkien? There’s a map for that!
J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional universe is as vast as the human imagination, so an atlas is a helpful tool to get around. Consider this book your navigational guide to Middle-earth and the Undying Lands. Maps, images, and vivid descriptions in full color create an enchanting reference to all the fantastical places and creatures that sprung from Tolkien’s mind. The deluxe, heat-burnished cover makes this a charming addition to your Tolkien library.
This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.
J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional universe is as vast as the human imagination, so an atlas is a helpful tool to get around. Consider this book your navigational guide to Middle-earth and the Undying Lands. Maps, images, and vivid descriptions in full color create an enchanting reference to all the fantastical places and creatures that sprung from Tolkien’s mind. The deluxe, heat-burnished cover makes this a charming addition to your Tolkien library.
This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.
Informazioni sull'autore
David Day is the author of five major books on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, including Guide to Tolkien’s World: A Bestiary and A Guide to Tolkien. Together with Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, these books have been translated into sixteen languages, and have sold in excess of two million copies. A Canadian living in Toronto, Day has also published over thirty other books of mythology, history, fantasy, fiction, and poetry, for both adults and children.
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An Atlas of Tolkien - David Day
An Atlas of
Tolkien
To my father, Alan Day.
Volume copyright © Octopus Publishing Group Ltd 2015
Text copyright © David Day 2015
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This book has not been prepared, authorized, licensed, or endorsed by J. R. R. Tolkien’s heirs or estate, nor by any of the publishers or distributors of the book The Lord of the Rings or any other work written by J. R. R. Tolkien, nor anyone involved in the creation, production or distribution of the films based on the book.
An Atlas of
Tolkien
by David Day
Contents
Preface
Map of Númenor
Map of Middle-earth in the Third Age of the Sun
A Chronology of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands
Chapter 1: The Creation of Arda
The Ages of the Lamps
Chapter 2: The Undying Lands
The Flight of the Noldor
Chapter 3: Middle-earth
The Breeding of the Orcs
Genealogy of the Races of Elves
Chapter 4: Beleriand Kingdoms in the First Age
Destruction of Angband
Wars of Beleriand
A Genealogy of the Races of Men
Olvar: Flora of Arda
Kelvar: Fauna of Arda
Chapter 5: Númenórean Empire in the Second Age
The Black Númenoréans
Second Age of the Sun
Chapter 6: Dúnedain Kingdoms in the Third Age
The Battle of Azanulbizar
A Chronology of the Kingdoms of Middle-earth in the Ages of the Sun
History of the Kingdoms of the Dúnedain
Chapter 6, Part i: The Quest of Lonely Mountain
The Eagles in the Battle
Chapter 6, Part ii: The Quest of the Ring
The Departure of the Ringbearers
History of the Rings of Power
A Map of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands (1970s)
Index
Battles of the War of the Ring
Acknowledgements
Preface
An Atlas of Tolkien has been created as a geographical and chronological guide for readers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings who wish to know more of the vast imaginary world in which these books are set. It is also meant as a useful compass to encourage those who wish to navigate the somewhat deeper waters of The Silmarillion and Tolkien’s many other posthumously published texts.
This Atlas is a compilation of specially commissioned and created art from some of the most talented fantasy artists of the past four decades. It began with the enormous investment in original full-colour art exclusively commissioned for the publication of A Tolkien Bestiary (1979) as the first ever fully-illustrated reference work on JRR Tolkien. Subsequently, new original artwork was created for Tolkien: the Illustrated Encyclopedia (1992) and for The World of Tolkien: the Mythological Sources of Lord of the Rings (2002).
And now, this new Atlas – whose conception is due to the vision and persistence of Bounty’s publisher, Samantha Warrington and its project editor, Anna Bowles – brings all this work together.
In An Atlas of Tolkien, I am pleased to be able to reveal this treasure trove of art to a new generation of readers. The Atlas contains dozens of pages of maps, chronologies, and genealogical charts; and more than 80 pages of full-colour illustrations of landscapes, cities, events, battles and incidents in the evolution of Tolkien’s world from its creation until the aftermath of the War of the Rings.
This Atlas also concerns itself with the origin of things: the first appearance of the stars, moon and sun in the heavens; the ‘awakening’ of the races of Elves, Dwarves, Ents and Men; and the breeding of Orcs, Dragons and Balrogs.
The aim of this Atlas is to reveal something of the imaginative sweep and splendour of Tolkien’s
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