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Lands of Beleriand (Atlas of Beleriand - Map 1)
This map was designed firstly to clarify the location of kingdoms in Beleriand. On this point of view, I think the two-color maps of K.W. Fonstad and C.Tolkien in the Silmarillion are especially unclear. There is a compromise between the number of informations and the clarity.
The map shows the realms and territories of Beleriand, the land where the events of the
Silmarillion took place. Different colors indicate the principal elf clans (cyan/green/red : Ñoldor, grey : Sindar). Toponyms are given in Sindarin by default, but a letter inside brackets indicates a name in another tongue, if it exists (S : Sindarin, Q : Quenya, D :
Doriathrin).
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About the Atlas of Beleriand
This Atlas is a serie of ten maps (and more !) concerning geography, history and geopolitics of Beleriand, which is a territory of the famous
Legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien, including the
Silmarillion.
A plentyful atlas was published previously by Karen W. Fonstad but it is not dedicated specifically to the First Age.
This map was firstly created to illustrate
an essay (in french) dedicated to explore the geopolitics in Beleriand published on the website
JRRvf. The map was then updated and
released on Deviantart.
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Technical details
In these maps, two free fonts are used : Franklin Gothic Medium and
Cardo by David J. Perry.
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Bibliography
- K.W. Fonstad, The Atlas of Middle-Earth, revised edition, Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
