About Tolkien's Incredible Map of Middle-Earth | Great Maps Explained

The second instalment in the Great Maps Explained series, this time exploring JRR and Christopher Tolkien's general map of Middle Earth, published in the 1954 edition of Fellowship of the Ring. This map has been incredibly influential and is part of what defines the genre of modern day fantasy. My goal with this series is to explore the amazing maps that humanity has created over the span of human history, and to use these as ways to connect with our ancestors. I hope you enjoy going on this journey with me, and please let me know if you like this format and if you want to see more videos. A huge thanks to everyone that helped to contribute to this video and whose works are featured here, including: Images and Art Ralph Damiani (https://www.artstation.com/ralphdamiani) Rodrigo Garbini (https://www.instagram.com/enanoakd/) Jonathan Guzi (https://jonathanguzi.com/) JP Coovert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1XEVzX5cxg&t=13s) British Military Maps (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/maps/maps-military-overseas.htm) And of course the Tolkiens and others. Audio - Adventure by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) - Magic Tavern by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) - Bonfire by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) - Village Ambiance by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) - Tavern Loop One by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) - Beyond the Horizon by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) - Wonderland by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) - Neverland by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com), Alexander Nakarada works licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Research Tor (https://www.tor.com/2020/01/22/celebrating-christopher-tolkiens-cartographic-legacy/, https://www.tor.com/2017/10/10/tolkiens-map-and-the-perplexing-river-systems-of-middle-earth/, https://www.tor.com/2017/08/01/tolkiens-map-and-the-messed-up-mountains-of-middle-earth/) Mordor Pound: http://www.ga.gov.au/webtemp/image_cache/GA17312.pdf Atlas of Middle Earth (https://www.amazon.ca/Atlas-Middle-earth-Karen-Wynn-Fonstad/dp/0618126996) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Middle-earth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlas_of_Middle-earth) And many more. A nod to Great Art Explained (https://www.youtube.com/@GreatArtExplained) for helping me come up with the idea for this series. And of course, thanks to all the many hands along the course of history that created and shared such works, so we can all learn more from the past. Love, Victor ---- All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.