The fictional geography of Middle-Earth has always been the foundation of J.R.R. Tolkien's world-building. The map was drawn ...

There’s some good in this world, and it’s worth writing about: a precious map of Middle-earth, annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, has been discovered hidden in the pages of an old copy of ...

Tolkien's annotations were used by illustrator Pauline Baynes to produce the first map of the magical world in 1969 Ms Baynes was introduced to Tolkien when she first submitted illustrations for ...

The map, found in a book given to Blackwell's Rare Books, has Tolkien commenting on numerous facets of the world of the popular book series. Most notably is that Hobbiton, seated within the ...

Oxford’s a good home for this map. Not just because of Tolkien’s real-world connections to the place, but because, according to the map, “Hobbiton is assumed to be approx. at [the] latitude ...

A map of Middle ... their collection of Tolkien's work which includes manuscripts of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy and is the largest of its kind in the world.

Visitors will be able to see Tolkien's copious notes and markings on the map, which reveal his vision of the creatures, topography and heraldry of his fantasy world. The map had been unseen for ...

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