
To make a silly comparison, it's as "reliable" as a map of Earth showing together Pangaea, Atlantis and present-day Europe :-). parts of Middle-earth as they appear during the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (at the end of the Third Age).the Undying Lands, removed from the Circle of the World after the destruction of Númenor.the continent of Númenor, raised at the beginning of the Second Age and then submerged again (with the exception of its highest peak) at the end of that age.Beleriand, which sank beneath the sea at the end of the First Age during the War of Wrath, which also heavily changed other regions of Middle-earth.the two Great Lamps of the Valar Illuin and Ormal, long destroyed by Morgoth and ruined with the surrounding lands before the First Age started.Tolken fantasy novels.First of all, the map appears to be completely unreliable not because it was not designed by Tolkien himself, but rather because its author tried to put together a "composite" map representing all "the lands of Arda throughout the ages", which is an impossible task to achieve. Or this map looks great propped up in a bookcase next to your collection of J.R.R. The map ships with a pair of Command Strips (unattached) should you want to display the map on a wall. The map is engraved on a 1/8" thick MDF base layer with a 1/8" thick glossy whiteboard middle layer and a 1/2" Walnut Border. The end product has a beautiful weathered, rustic, and aged look. This 10.5"x15" laser-engraved map of Middle Earth helps bring a bit of this great story to life. All of the stories take place in Middle Earth and this map acts as a great reference guide and also serves as a testimony to the creative mind of the author. This map can be found in the front of each of JRR Tolkien's Books - The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings. JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Trilogy takes place in Middle Earth with its rich, complex storytelling of places such as the Shire, Gondor, Rohan, Lorien, Mirkwood, and Mordor to name a few.
