The Atlas of Middle-earth

The Atlas of Middle-earth, written by Karen Wynn Fonstad, is an atlas of Middle-earth and J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Arda on the whole.
It was published in 1981 by HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin.
== Description ==
The Atlas of Middle-earth is a superior cartographic reference book for Tolkien's writings, i.e. The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, and includes many detailed maps of the lands described in them.
The maps are treated as if they are of real landscapes, drawn according to the rules of a real atlas for each area the history of the land is taken into account, as well as geography on a larger scale and from there maps are drawn. Discussion includes suggestions as to the geology that could explain various formations, and points that are contradictory between multiple accounts.
City maps and floor plans for important buildings are also included. The book was published in 1981, and in 1991, a revised and updated version was published, which took information from The History of Middle-earth series into account. It was, however, published before the final three volumes of The History of Middle-earth were published, and thus some maps are based on Tolkien's early works, which were revised in later writings.
=== Inaccuracies ===
# Throughout the atlas, the Witch-king is incorrectly referred to nominally as "Angmar"; such as in the list of the belligerents and estimated forces at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
# The placement of the Dwarf-city of Belegost is inconsistent. Under the First Age, Fonstad places Belegost approximately 150 miles south of its sister-city of Nogrod in accordance with The Shaping of Middle-earth, where it would have been drowned by the formation of the Gulf of Lune following the War of Wrath. However, in the Second Age, Belegost has been moved an additional 150 miles south to the middle of the southern Blue Mountains. Tolkien himself was not specific as to their exact location in the Blue Mountains.
#Alqualondë is at one point spelled "Aqualondë".
#Tol Eressëa is spelled "Erresëa".
#Sea of Ringil is spelled "Sea of Ringol"
#Mountains of the Wind are spelled "Mountains of the World"
# The size given for Smaug is too small (only 59 feet).
== Contents ==
* Acknowledgements, Foreword, and Introduction
* The First Age
* The Second Age
* The Third Age
* Regional Maps
* The Hobbit
* The Lord of the Rings
* Thematic Maps; maps showing landforms, climate, vegetation, vernaculars by region, and population.
* Appendix, Notes, Selected References, and two Indexes
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Atlas van die Midde-aarde
Albanian 	Atlasi i Mes-tokes
Amharic 	በመካከለኛው-የምድር አትላስ
Arabic 	أطلس ميدل ايرث
Armenian 	Ատլասը Մերձավոր երկրի
Assamese 	মধ্য-পৃথিৱীৰ এটলাছ
Asturian 	El Atlas de la Tierra Media
Azerbaijani 	Orta yerin Atlas
Basque 	Erdialdeko Lurraldearen Atlas
Belarusian Cyrillic	Атлас Міжзем'я
Bengali 	মধ্য পৃথিবীর অ্যাটলাস
Bosnian 	Atlas Međuzemlja
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Атласът на Средната земя
Cambodian 	អាត្លាសនៃកណ្តាលនៅលើផែនដី
Catalan 	L'Atles de la Terra Mitjana
Cebuano 	Ang Atlas sa Tunga-tunga-yuta
Chinese 	中土世界地圖集
Croatian 	Atlas međuzemlja
Czech 	Atlas Středozemě
Danish 	Atlas af Mellemjorden ? / Midgårds Atlas ?
Dutch 	De Atlas van Midden-aarde
Esperanto 	La Atlaso de Mez-Tero
Estonian 	Keskmaa atlas
Faroese 	Atlasið í Miðjørðini
Filipino 	Ang Atlas ng Gitnang-lupa
Finnish 	Keski-maan Atlas
French 	L'Atlas de la Terre du Milieu
Frisian 	De Atlas fan Midden-ierde (Western)
Friulian 	L’Atlant de Tiere di Mieç
Galician 	O Atlas da Terra-media
German 	Der Atlas der Mittelerde
Greek 	Ο Άτλας της Μέσης Γης
Gujarati 	મધ્ય-પૃથ્વી એટલાસ
Haitian Creole 	Atlas ki sou latè nan mitan
Hawaiian 	Na Mea Maluna Iho o Waena-honua
Hebrew 	האטלס של הארץ התיכונה
Hindi 	मध्य-पृथ्वी का एटलस
Hmong 	Lub Atlas ntawm nruab nrab-lub ntuj lub teb
Hungarian 	Középfölde Atlasza
Icelandic 	Atlas Miðgarði
Indonesian 	Atlas Dunia Tengah
Irish Gaelic 	An Atlas de Mheán-domhain
Italian 	L'Atlante della Terra di Mezzo
Japanese 	中つ国の地図
Kannada 	ಅಟ್ಲಾಸ್ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮಧ್ಯಭಾಗವನ್ನು
Kazakh 	Ортаңғы-жер атласы (Cyrillic) Ortañğı-jer atlası (Latin)
Korean 	가운데땅의 아틀라스
Kurdish 	Atlas yên Navîn-erd (Kurmanji)
Laotian 	ການປື້ມບັນທຶກແຜນຂອງກາງໃນທົ່ວໂລກ
Latin 	Et Atlas Terrae Mediae
Latvian 	Viduszeme Atlas
Lithuanian 	Iš Vidurio žemės atlasas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Атлас на Блискиот Земјата
Maithili 	मध्य-पृथ्वी के एटलस
Malagasy 	Ny Atlas ny Moyen-tany
Malaysian 	Atlas Tengah-bumi
Maori 	Ko te Atlas o Waenganui-whenua
Marathi 	मध्य-पृथ्वीच्या ऍटलस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дунд дэлхийн атлас
Nepalese 	मध्य-पृथ्वीको एटलस
Norwegian 	Atlasen over Midt-jorden ?
Occitan 	L'Atlas de la Tèrra-Mejana
Pashto 	د منځني ځمکه اطلس
Persian 	اطلس از میانه زمین
Polish 	Atlas Śródziemia
Portuguese 	O Atlas da Terra-média
Punjabi 	ਮੱਧ-ਧਰਤੀ ਦੇ ਐਟਲਸ
Romanian 	Atlasul Pământului de Mijloc
Russian 	Атлас Средиземья
Samoan 	Le Atlas o le ogatotonu-lalolagi
Sanskrit 	मध्य-पृथिवी का एटलस
Sardinian 	S'Atlas de sa Terra Mesana
Scottish Gaelic 	Atlas na Meadhan-talmhainn
Serbian 	Атлас средње земље (Cyrillic) Atlas srednje zemlje (Latin)
Sicilian 	L'Atlanti dâ Terra di Mediu
Sindhi 	وچين ڌرتيءَ جو ائٽلس
Sinhalese 	මැද-පොළොවේ ඇට්ලස්
Slovak 	Atlas Stredozeme
Slovenian 	Atlas Srednjem svetu
Spanish 	El Atlas de la Tierra Media
Swahili 	Atlasi ya kati-dunia
Swedish 	Atlas över Midgård
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дар Атлас аз Миёна-замин
Tamil 	மிடில்-எர்த் அட்லஸ்
Telugu 	మిడిల్ ఎర్త్ అట్లాస్
Thai 	แผนที่โลกกลาง
Turkish 	Orta Dünya Atlası
Turkmen 	Orta ýer atlasy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	атлас Середзем'я
Urdu 	اٹلس وسطیٰ-زمین کی
Uzbek 	Яқин-ернинг Атлас (Cyrillic) Yaqin-erning Atlas (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Atlas của Trung địa
Welsh 	Mae Atlas Canol-ddaear
Yiddish 	די אַטלאַס פון מיטל-ערד
Yoruba 	Atlas aye ti arin-ayé
== External links ==
*The Atlas of Middle-earth at Amazon.com
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