Now in its 32nd printing, Fonstad’s Atlas Of Middle-earth featured 182 hand-drawn maps and included diagrams of linguistic evolution and tables outlining the lengths of rivers and mountain ranges.

Meanwhile, realms rose and fell in Arda until The Lord of the Rings' Third Age, making the full map of Middle-earth intricate ...

via Fonstad family The first edition of “The Atlas of Middle-earth” contained 172 maps, which Fonstad drew by hand. Each was accompanied by reflections on her methodology and assumptions ...