Jan 9, 2013 · The Second Age geography of Middle-earth prior to the Downfall of Númenor was different from the geography depicted by the Third Age map you see published in The Lord of the Rings. So far as I know, Tolkien never made an intermediate map, so we have no idea of what changes rendered by the War of Wrath were modified or wiped out by the Downfall ...

May 12, 2022 · David Day's map is widely regarded as one of the worst examples of Arda. His work is often criticised in the Tolkien community. Your best bet is to stitch together a number of maps. One map superimposes a sunken Beleriand on to Western Middle-earth seen here The rest of Middle-earth can be seen here: A map of Beleriand which was drawn by Tolkien:

Jan 14, 2014 · This is a map of Beleriand, in the first age. Conveniently, the Blue Mountains are circled: And now a map of Middle-earth in the third age: These are the same Ered Luin, Blue mountains. Beleriand, before it sank into the sea, was westwards of …

Jan 17, 2020 · The first map above was drawn by Karen Wynn Fonstad, is from The Atlas of Middle-Earth, and is based on an old Tolkien map published in The History of Middle Earth 4. The original map just had coastlines, mountains, some rivers, and other major geographical features, and much of what's on the Fonstad map is either conjectural or deduced from ...

Jul 23, 2016 · From the following map, which was made by combining Tolkien's map of Beleriand with that of the western part of Middle-earth as it was in the Third Age, we can see that Beleriand was vast - roughly similar in size to the part of Middle-earth that we are familiar with (Eriador, Rhovanion and the regions that would later be known as Gondor and Mordor).

Nov 7, 2022 · There are three main sources in Tolkien's writings that suggest the third age was not Gandalf's first time in Middle-earth. "Suggestions for key dates" (February-March 1959) The first of these is a late timeline Tolkien wrote of The Great March that the elves took to reach Valinor early in the First Age.

May 7, 2016 · The nearest Tolkien got to making a "full" map of Arda is a rough sketch, shown in the original form, ("Map V" in "The Ambarkanta", The Shaping of Middle-earth, volume 4 of The History of Middle-earth) and below coloured for clarity. The Undying Lands are on the left, and Middle-earth is top centre.

Dec 31, 2016 · Map of Arda after the War of Warth, at the beginning of the Second Age, The Atlas of Middle-earth, pp. 38-39 The Akallabêth Finally, near the end of the Second Age, Arda becomes round instead of flat and the island of Númenor is destroyed.

Another type of map I found was of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands. For more sources about the information regarding Umbar Gondor's power, however, eclipsed that of Umbar as the Third Age progressed, and at one point, perhaps around the time of Tarannon Falastur, Umbar acknowledged the sway of Gondor[6].

Aug 10, 2017 · The rest of the First Age was 590 solar years, the Second Age was 3441 years and the Third Age was 3021 years. Grand total, up to the end of Lord of the Rings, 54,953 solar years. In a letter written in 1958 Tolkien said that he imagined the gap between "the fall of Barad-dûr" and "our days" to be about 6,000 years.