Okay, so you've probably seen a complete map of Arda before, but it's always interesting to take a fresh look at an old favorite. This map helps to put Frodo and Bilbo's trips into context, demonstrating that they travel just a tiny area of Middle Earth and Arda itself. Like any Fantasy lover, I'm always interested to explore what lies beyond the limits of those maps we've all been used to from our many reads and re-reads of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. This map, from what I gather, isn't fully correct, but it's still entertaining to look at. There is a lot of evidence that Arda is the same planet we live on, but in a different era, and this map shows how Middle-Earth and the Undying Lands may ultimately become the continents we know today. Alternatively, depending on size, England and Ireland. I also like witnessing the ice bridge that connects the two islands/continents' northern halves.
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I believe the map below is fantastic...
I looked for a topic with maps but couldn't find any... maybe from here?
Do you know of any more outstanding maps including Arda, for example? Please feel free to add them here! The map above was created using the following software: A map that (partially) depicts the drowned country of Beleriand after the devastating last battle of the First Age... http://www.anarda.net/tolkien/dibujos/mapas/goestetm.jpg Source: http://www.anarda.net/tolkien/dibujos/mapas/goestetm.jpg Beautiful map depicting Bilbo's quest in The Hobbit. http://www.anarda.net/tolkien/dibujos/mapas/gmap-there and back.jpg is the source.
Tolkien remarked that he started with maps and built his plots around them, but that he also wanted his maps to be beautiful. Later fantasy authors often integrate maps in their works. Pauline Baynes was commissioned by the publisher Allen & Unwin to create a map of Middle-earth based on Tolkien's draft maps and notes; it became famous. However, a subsequent redrafting of the maps by HarperCollins made the maps seem blandly professional, removing the hand-drawn sense of Tolkien's maps.
