The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth is a set of four colored, illustrative maps of Middle-earth (Eriador and more) and Beleriand by John Howe joined with a book of commentary by Brian Sibley on J.R.R. Tolkien's cartography.
Published in 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, this product includes Sibley and Howe's earlier The Map of Tolkien's Middle-earth (1994), which focused only on the map of Middle-earth relating to . It also encompasses the content of The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North (1999).
== Contents ==
=== Maps ===
Included are large, colored maps of Wilderland, Middle-earth at large, Beleriand, and Númenor, rendered by John Howe. Close maps of Beleriand and Númenor had not yet been published in the United States. Each map is surrounded by depictions of important characters, moments, or locations.
=== Commentary ===
* Introduction: About the Mapping of Middle-earth
* About the Map of The Hobbit
* About the Map of Middle-earth
* About the Map of Beleriand
* About the Map of Númenor
These sections give a glossary of every significant location shown on the respective map. The book contains many drawings by Howe portraying Gondolin, the Helcaraxë, the thirteen Dwarves at Bilbo's home, the interior of Bag End, Gandalf, and other miscellanea.
== External links ==
* The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth at Barnes & Noble
* The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth at Amazon.com
*Page at John Howe's website
== See also ==
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* Maps
Category:2003 publications
Category:Books
Category:Books concerning maps
Category:Secondary literature
Category:Secondary lit. published by Houghton Mifflin
Category:Works of Brian Sibley
Category:Works of John Howe