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In ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'' (1987), [[Christopher Tolkien]] provided additional, redrawn versions of the regions of the furthest North in Map V, in order to "enlarge and clarify..., adding letters to make references to it plainer."<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, pp. 270-271</ref>
In ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'' (1987), [[Christopher Tolkien]] provided additional, redrawn versions of the regions of the furthest North in Map V, in order to "enlarge and clarify..., adding letters to make references to it plainer."<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, pp. 270-271</ref>
==Maps==
==Maps==
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Map I.jpg|300px]]
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[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Diagram II.jpg|300px]]
File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Map I.jpg|Diagram I
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Diagram III.jpg|300px]]
File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Diagram II.jpg|Diagram II
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Map IV.jpg|300px|]]
File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Diagram III.jpg|Diagram III
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Map V.png|300px]]
File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Map IV.jpg|Map IV
File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Ambarkanta Map V.png|Map V
File:Christopher Tolkien - Northern Beleriand 1.jpg|Christoper Tolkien's First Map
File:Christopher Tolkien - Northern Beleriand 2.jpg|Christopher Tolkien's Second Map
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Revision as of 22:04, 2 May 2016

The Ambarkanta maps refer to a set of five maps and diagrams drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien and associated with his work "Ambarkanta: The Shape of the World" (a text attributed to Rúmil). The maps were reproduced in The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986), with their indvidual names being:[1]

In The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987), Christopher Tolkien provided additional, redrawn versions of the regions of the furthest North in Map V, in order to "enlarge and clarify..., adding letters to make references to it plainer."[2]

Maps

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, VI. Quenta Silmarillion", pp. 270-271
Maps of Arda made by or for J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit:  Thrór's Map · Map of Wilderland
 TLOTR:  A Part of the Shire · General Map of Middle-earth · Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor · The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age
Other:  Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North · Númenórë‎
Baynes:  A Map of Middle-earth · There and Back Again
Early maps:  The earliest map‎ · I Vene Kemen · The First 'Silmarillion' Map · Ambarkanta maps · The Second 'Silmarillion' Map · The First Map of 'The Lord of the Rings' · The 1943 Map of 'The Lord of the Rings' · The Second Map of 'The Lord of the Rings' · The Third Map of 'The Lord of the Rings'