![Geographicus Rare Antique Maps Geographicus Rare Antique Maps](graphics/00000001/Geo_logo-RARE-WHITE_2.gif)
This copy is copyright protected.
Copyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
1982 Fenlon Map of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth (Endor Continent)
MiddleEarth-fenlon-1982-3I had access to a photocopy of a sketch map from a guy from Oxford that later appeared in The Shaping of Middle-earth; that was a pretty important thing to have. Using it as a rough outline, taking into account and weighing the similarities versus the differences with our own world, I started to work on my own rough outline. I think I went through about three of them before I was able to reconcile the rough shape with what I understood to be the migration and weather patterns, extrapolated distances, and the like. So, reconciling all three of those, I came up with the published interpretation, which is based on a reasonably good grounding in geology, weather, and the like. I am a generalist in the strongest sense of the word. These things are highly interrelated; and, in a sense, I tried to apply all that knowledge as best as I could. Then I had to twist it a little bit, given the fact that I was trying to apply it to a globe instead of a flat earth map.Pete goes on, later in the interview, to extrapolate on his invented place names,
I have to confess that was really a matter of simply taking what limited knowledge we have of these regions, and applying it in a broad stroke theme. The only issue I was dealing with there was that of Mannish (or Hildo) versus Elvish groups, assuming that the place names in most areas would have some sort of Hildo origin, and the names in the old Elvish areas might still reflect some connection with the Quendi. Then my main goal was to create names that were evocative, wild, and dissimilar from the sorts of names that you might find in common fantasy.Fenlon's hundreds of place names are apparent throughout this map and thus largely consistent with what we might have expected from Tolkien.
Pete Fenlon (1955 - present) is an American role-playing game designer, game developer, graphics designer and publisher. His works include stories, art and games (electronic and non) in the genres of science fiction, mystery, fantasy and historical fiction. For the purposes of maps, his best-known work is a large format map of the Tolkienian continent of Endor that extends well beyond the lands covered in The Lord of the Rings and other Tolkien literature. He is also responsible for the popular board and car game, The Settlers of Catan. More by this mapmaker...
Copyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps | Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
This copy is copyright protected.
Copyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps