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tolkiens legendarium - Middle-earth maps


I am looking for a list* of maps of Middle Earth which appear only in JRR Tolkien's and CT's books and writings or were authorized by JRRT**.


From my reading so far I have:


The Hobbit:




  • "Thror's Map"

  • "Wilderland" showing west to the Ford, East to Lonely Mountain, North to Grey Mountains, and South to almost Dol Guldor


The Lord of the Rings:



  • "A Part Of The Shire"

  • "The West Of Middle Earth" and its four zoomed in panels

  • topographical map of Gondor/Rohan/Mordor





* I know lists are sometimes frowned upon on SE, but this seems like a finite-sized non-polling Q/A. Yes, I also Googled for an answer but only found lists of non-canonical maps.


** I don't want to spark a canonical debate so I've changed the question. Plus this is really what I'm interested in.



Answer



I can still add:


The Art of The Hobbit:



  • Thror's Map. Copied by Bilbo Baggins

  • Map of the Misty Mountains and the upper part of the Great River

  • Map of the Lonely Mountain and surrounding lands


  • Plans of the Lonely Mountain

  • The Lonely Moutain and map of the Long Lake

  • Wlderland, earlier version


The Shaping of Middle-earth:



  • the First 'Silmarillion' Map

  • 'The Westward Extension'

  • 'The Eastward Extension'

  • 'Diagram I-III': Diagrams of the World


  • Map IV: Arda in Valian Year 500, after the fall of the lamps

  • Map V: [Arda] After the War of the Gods


The Lost Road



  • Chasm of Ilmen I,II

  • The Second 'Silmarillion' Map (that's a really good one)


The Return of the Shadow:




  • older Map of the Shire

  • Plan of Bree

  • The earliest map of the lands south of the Map of Wilderland in The Hobbit


The Treason of Isengard:



  • The First Map of The Lord of the Rings (Maps I, Ia, II, IIIa, III, IVa-e)

  • (Sketch-plan of the scene of the Breaking of the Fellowship)


The War of the Ring:




  • Frodo's Journey to the Morannon

  • Minas Morghul and the Cross-roads

  • Plan of Shelob's lair (1)

  • Plan of Shelob's Lair (2)

  • Harrowdale

  • The White Mountains and South Gondor

  • Minas Tirith and Mindolluin

  • Plan of Minas Tirith

  • The Second Map (West)


  • The Second Map (East)


Silmarillion:



  • Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North

  • The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar


Unfinished Tales:



  • Map of Númenor



The Children of Húrin



  • Simplified map of Beleriand


Pictures:


Map V of Arda: Original and Colorised Map V


Plan of the Lonely Mountain: Plan of the Lonely Moutain


Early Map of Wilderland: Early Map of Wilderland


Second Silmariliion Map: 2nd Silmarillion Map



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