![]() The Independent said a representative from the company called it "the finest piece of Tolkien ephemera to emerge in the last 20 years at least. Baynes had taken the map from a different copy of The Lord of the Rings to work on the colour edition, later published in 1970, according to the Guardian.īlackwell's has the map for sale in Oxford for £60,000, nearly $121,000 Cdn, where the company is also exhibiting it. The book containing the map belonged to illustrator Pauline Baynes, who drew much of the famous maps of both Tolkien's Middle-earth and C.S. Tolkien's annotations also suggest Ravenna in Italy inspired the city of Minas Tirith. Most notably is that Hobbiton, seated within the Shire and the home of numerous Hobbits in the stories, is the same latitude as Oxford, England. ![]() ![]() The map, found in a book given to Blackwell's Rare Books, has Tolkien commenting on numerous facets of the world of the popular book series. If you enjoy this site please consider a small donation and help keep it ad free. In the menu to the right you can show events, places and character movements. rare book store has found a map of Middle-earth annotated by J.R.R. LotrProject's Interactive Map of Middle-earth Welcome to the map This is a high resolution interactive map of J.R.R. Hidden in an old copy of The Lord of the Rings, a U.K.
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