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Google has brought J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth map to life to showcase the abilities of its Google Chrome browser and promote the new Hobbit film.
Lord of the Rings' most famous location, Middle-earth, was just one continent in the wider world, proving the depth of Tolkien's worldbuilding.
A set of zooming J.R.R. Tolkien maps will help you understand the sigil mystery and locations in LOTR: The Rings of Power, and where The Shire and Mordor fit in.
Their Earth was flat. First created in the 7th century, the Christian orbis terrarum (circle of the Earth) maps, known for visual reasons as ‘T-and-O’ maps, included only the northern hemisphere.
Heavily annotated, the map demonstrates how painstakingly particular Tolkien was about the details of his imagined world, and offers new insight into the background of Middle Earth.
Now, the map has been acquired by Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, joining what is already the world’s foremost collection of Tolkien manuscripts and scholarship.
From eternal darkness to the dawn of men, conflict is constant across all ages in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien established war as, sadly, perpetual, giving each era of his canon a ...
A map of Middle-earth covered in annotations by author J. R. R. Tolkien directing the illustrator has been sold for £60,000 to a library ...
Hidden in an old copy of The Lord of the Rings, a U.K. rare book store has found a map of Middle-earth annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien himself.
Check out this amazing interactive map of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, programmed by Kris Kowal. It’s like Google Maps for the Third Age of Arda; zoom, pan and even search (in English, Sindarin ...
A location guide to the places we've seen on The Rings of Power's map. The show takes place in Middle-earth during the Second Age.