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'''The First 'Silmarillion' Map''' is a map of [[Beleriand]] drawn by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on single sheet (likely dating from c. 1926-30<ref group=note>[[Christopher Tolkien]] believes the map to be contemporary with the manuscript "Sketch of the Mythology"; see {{SM|2}}, p. 11.</ref>), with "two supplementary sheets, giving an Eastern and a Western extension of to the main or central map".<ref>{{SM|4}}</ref> The main map was reproduced in colour in the first (hardcover) edition of ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'' (1986), together with the the Eastward and Westward extensions in black-and-white. In the later paperback editions of this volume, the main map has not been included.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.lotrplaza.com/showthread.php?69538-The-First-Silmarillion-Map-am-I-missing-something|articlename=Thread: The First 'Silmarillion' Map - am I missing something?|dated=|website=Plaza|accessed=30 April 2013}}</ref>
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[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The First 'Silmarillion' Map.jpg|250px|thumb|Central part of the Map]]
'''The First 'Silmarillion' Map''' is a map of [[Beleriand]] drawn by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on single sheet (likely dating from c. 1926-30<ref group=note>[[Christopher Tolkien]] believes the map to be contemporary with the manuscript "Sketch of the Mythology"; see {{SM|2}}, p. 11.</ref>), with "two supplementary sheets, giving an Eastern and a Western extension to the main or central map".<ref>{{SM|4}}</ref>  
 
==See also==
*[[The First 'Silmarillion' Map]] (chapter)
*[[The Second 'Silmarillion' Map]]
 
==External links==
[http://www.lotrplaza.com/showthread.php?69538-The-First-Silmarillion-Map-am-I-missing-something The First 'Silmarillion' Map - am I missing something?] (bibliographic thread)


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Central part of the Map

The First 'Silmarillion' Map is a map of Beleriand drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien on single sheet (likely dating from c. 1926-30[note 1]), with "two supplementary sheets, giving an Eastern and a Western extension to the main or central map".[1]

See also

External links

The First 'Silmarillion' Map - am I missing something? (bibliographic thread)

Notes

  1. Christopher Tolkien believes the map to be contemporary with the manuscript "Sketch of the Mythology"; see J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "II. The Earliest 'Silmarillion' (The 'Sketch of the Mythology')", p. 11.

References

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'