The Atlas of Middle-earth (ISBN 0-395-53516-6), written by the late Karen Wynn Fonstad, is an atlas of Middle-earth and the world of Arda. It has no affiliation with visual guides to Peter Jackson's movie trilogy.
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 (page 151).
- 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 (see page 13) 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 (on page 38), Belegost has been moved an additional 150 miles south to the middle of the southern Blue Mountains.
- Eressëa is spelled "Erresëa".
- Alqualondë is at one point spelled "Aqualondë".
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 around the world
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Dutch | De Atlas van Midden-aarde |
| Esperanto | La Atlaso de Mez-Tero |
| Estonian | Atlas Keskmaa |
| Fijian | Na Atlas ni lomadonu-vuravura |
| Filipino | Ang Atlas ng Gitnang-lupa |
| Finnish | Keski-maan Atlas |
| French | L'Atlas de la Terre du Milieu |
| Frisian | De Atlas fan Midden-ierde |
| 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 Kurdish) |
| Laotian | ການປື້ມບັນທຶກແຜນຂອງກາງໃນທົ່ວໂລກ |
| Latin | Et Atlas Terrae Mediae |
| Latvian | Viduszeme Atlas |
| Lithuanian | Iš Vidurio žemės atlasas |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Атлас на Блискиот Земјата |
| 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 | Atlas av Midgard |
| 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 |
| Scottish Gaelic | Atlas na Meadhan-talmhainn |
| Serbian | Атлас оф Миддле-Еартх (Cyrillic) Atlas srednje zemlje (Latin) |
| 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 |
| Tongan | E 'atalasa 'o e Lotoloto 'o mamani |
| Turkish | Orta Dünya Atlası |
| 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 |