The Middle-Earth Map Changed Over The Years. Middle-earth changes dramatically, both during its history and Tolkien's lifetime. For instance, early in his creative process, ...

And it’s no surprise that The Rings of Power honors Tolkien’s achievement in rendering Middle-earth in map form, both as a stylish technique and as a way of building stakes around the plot ...

In particular, Cobo has problems with the direction that mapmaking has taken. In 150AD, Ptolemy drew the first world map with north placed firmly at the top.

Lord of the Rings' most famous location, Middle-earth, was just one continent in the wider world, proving the depth of Tolkien's worldbuilding.

Should the wearer of this dress suddenly find herself in Middle Earth, she’ll at least have a map handy. This piece of Tolkien-inspire couture was spotted at Dragon*Con 2012, and we love all the ...

Her resulting book, “The Atlas of Middle-earth” (1981), wowed Tolkien fans and scholars with its exquisite level of topographic detail; the most recent paperback edition is in its 32nd printing.

In fact, Tolkien was so pleased with Baynes’ work on the Middle-Earth map that he later introduced her to Lewis, and she went on to illustrate the Narnia books as well. Close.

For more map-based fun, check out The LOTR Project's interactive maps of Middle-earth in different eras, showing how the Rings of Power's geography lines up with the age of the other books and movies.

The Rings of Power Brings Middle-earth’s Map to Life. The Rings of Power shows off a Middle-earth we’ve never seen before as it continues to change in the Second Age.

That's how the shop discovered the map of Middle-earth with handwritten notes from Tolkien himself. It appears to be in preparation for Baynes' work on a color map of Middle-earth that was first ...

A map of Middle-earth covered in annotations by J. R. R. Tolkien which was discovered tucked away in an old copy of The Lord Of The Rings has been sold for £60,000.