The Lord of The Rings has been a massive fantasy franchise ever since its publication in 1954. Part of the draw for readers is the vast world of Middle-earth described in the novels. Each area of this ...

Maps are a major part of the modern fantasy genre, and that is due in large part to the precedent set by The Lord of the Rings. J. R. R. Tolkien's novel included multiple maps within its pages, and ...

Karen Wynn Fonstad was a cartographer who exhaustively mapped J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” She used a grid system to index locations without ...

Blended image showing Frodo Baggins and a map of Middle-earth with question marks on the background Custom Image by Federico Napoli With J.R.R. Tolkien's high-fantasy world of Middle-earth being so ...

Reading and studying Lord Of The Rings is one thing. Mapping it is another. Thankfully, someone did it and made the geographical wanderings of the Fellowship of the Ring a little easier to follow.