A Description of the Island of Númenor

A Description of the Island of Númenor is the first chapter of Part Two of Unfinished Tales, containing an account derived from “descriptions and simple maps that were long preserved in the archives of the Kings of Gondor.”
The chapter that follows is "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner’s Wife".
== Synopsis ==
This account first describes, in outline and then detail, the geography of Númenor and its mountain, Meneltarma and its sacred character. The public speakings of the Númenórean kings at the mountain are explained, namely at the times of Erukyermë, Erulaitalë, and Eruhantalë, as are the proceedings of anyone ascending the mountain.
The fertility, flora, and terrain of all regions of the island are then told of, such as the fragrant evergreen trees (Nísimaldar) around the Bay of Eldanna and the laurinquë tree of yellow flowers. The rest of the account covers the roads of Númenor, the common mode of transportation, which was horseback, the craftsmanship of the Númenóreans, their weapons and their composition, and lastly the love that all able Númenóreans had for maritime affairs. The first Númenórean explorers in their naval expeditions are said to have followed in the footsteps of Círdan, the Elven Shipwright. The chapter ends with a note on the Guild of Venturers and on Tar-Aldarion its founder, who is the subject of the succeeding chapter.
== See also ==
*The Akallabêth - the account of Númenor and its doom included in The Silmarillion
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	'N Beskrywing van die Eiland van Númenor
Albanian 	Një Përshkrim i Ishullit të Númenor
Amharic 	ኙመኖር ደሴት አንድ መግለጫ
Arabic 	ووصف جزيرة نومينور
Armenian 	Նկարագրությունը կղզու Նւմենոր ?
Azerbaijani 	Númenor Adasının Təsviri
Basque 	Númenor uhartea deskribapena A
Belarusian Cyrillic	A Апісанне выспы Нуменора
Bengali 	ণুমেনর দ্বীপের বর্ণনা
Bosnian 	A Opis Otoka Númenor
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	A Описание на остров Нуменор
Catalan 	Una Descripció de I'Illa de Númenor
Chinese 	努曼諾爾的描述
Corsican 	A Discrizzione di l'Isula di Númenor
Croatian 	Opis otoka Númenora
Czech 	Popis ostrova Númenoru
Danish 	En Beskrivelse af øen Númenor
Dutch 	Een Beschrijving van het Eiland Númenor
Esperanto 	A Priskribo de la insulo de Númenor
Estonian 	Kirjeldus saar Númenor
Fijian 	E dua na ivakamacala ni na yanuyanu ni Númenor
Finnish 	Kuvaus Saaren Númenorin
French 	Une Description de l'île de Númenor
Frisian 	In Beskriuwing fan it Eilân fan Númenor
Galician 	Unha Descrición da Illa de Númenor
Georgian 	ნუმენორის კუნძულის აღწერა
German 	Eine Beschreibung der Insel Númenor
Greek 	Περιγραφή του νησιού του Νούμενορ
Gujarati 	ણુમેનોર દ્વીપ વર્ણન
Hausa 	A Bayanin da Tsibirin Númenor
Hawaiian 	He Ho'ākāka 'ana no ka Mokupuni o Númenor
Hebrew 	תיאור מפורט של האי נומנור
Hindi 	णुमेनोर के द्वीप का वर्णन
Hmong 	Ib tug hauj lwm ntawm cov kob ntawm Númenor
Hungarian 	A Leírás a Sziget Númenor
Icelandic 	Lýsing á eyjunni Númenor
Igbo 	A Nkọwa nke Agwaetiti nke Númenor
Indonesian 	Deskripsi pulau Númenor
Irish Gaelic 	Cur síos ar an Oileán na Númenor
Italian 	Descrizione dell'isola di Númenor
Japanese 	ヌーメノールの島について
Javanese 	A Gambaran saka Pulo Númenor
Kannada 	ಒಂದು ವಿವರಣೆ ಣುಮೆನೊರ್ ದ್ವೀಪದ
Kazakh Cyrillic 	Нұменор аралының А сипаттамасы
Korean 	누메노르 섬에 대한 기술
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Нумэнор аралында сыпаттамасы
Latin 	Insula Númenoris Descriptia
Latvian 	Apraksts salas Númenor
Lithuanian 	A iš Númenoru Sala Aprašymas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Опис на Островот на Нуменор
Malagasy 	Ny Famaritana ny Nosy ny Númenor
Malaysian 	Penerangan tentang Pulau Númenor
Maltese 	Deskrizzjoni tal-gżira ta ' Númenor
Maori 	He Whakaahuatanga o te Motu o Númenor
Marathi 	णुमेनोर बेटे वर्णन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Нуменор арал нь тодорхойлолт
Nepalese 	णुमेनोर टापु को एक विवरण
Norwegian 	En Beskrivelse av øyriket Númenor
Persian 	یک توصیف از جزیره نومه نور
Polish 	Opis wyspy Númenor
Portuguese 	Uma Descrição da Ilha de Númenor
Punjabi 	ਣੁਮੇਨੋਰ ਟਾਪੂ ਦਾ ਵੇਰਵਾ
Romanian 	O Descriere a Insulei Númenor
Russian 	Описание острова Нуменор
Samoan 	O se Faamatalaga o le Motu o Númenor
Scottish Gaelic 	A Tuairisgeul air Eilean Númenor
Serbian 	Опис острва Нуменор (Cyrillic) Opis Numenora ostrvo (Latin)
Shona 	A Tsananguro pachitsuwa Númenor
Sinhalese 	ණුමෙනොර් වන දිවයින පිළිබඳ විස්තරය
Slovak 	Popis ostrova Númenore
Slovenian 	Opis otoka Númenor
Somali 	Sharaxaad ee Jasiiradda of Númenor
Spanish 	Una Descripción de la Isla de Númenor
Swahili 	Maelezo ya Kisiwa cha Númenor
Swedish 	En Beskrivning av ön Númenor
Tajik Cyrillic 	Тавсифи ҷазираи Нуменор
Tamil 	ணுமெநொர் தீவு ஒரு விளக்கம்
Telugu 	ణుమెనొర దీవిలో ఒక వివరణ
Thai 	คำพรรณนาว่าด้วยลักษณะของเกาะนูเมนอร์
Turkish 	Númenor Adası'nın Tanımı
Turkmen 	Númenor Adasynyň Beýany
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	A Опис острова Нуменора
Urdu 	کے جزیرے کی ایک وضاحت ںومےنور
Uzbek 	Нуменор оролининг бир Тавсиф (Cyrillic) Númenor orolining bir Tavsif (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Một mô tả của đảo Númenor
Welsh 	Mae Disgrifiad yr Ynys o Númenor
Yiddish 	א דעסקריפּטיאָן פון דעם אינזל פון נומענאָר
Yoruba 	A Apejuwe ti awọn Erekusu ti Númenor
Zulu 	Incazelo esiqhingini Númenor
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