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Karen wynn fonstad is a qualified geographer and cartographer who first mapped middle earth in 1981 and has since added much new detail based on those endless volumes of drafts, abandoned passages, alternative versions, and laundry lists published since tolkiens death. Karen wynn fonstad the one wiki to rule them all fandom. She received a degree in cartography from the university of oklahoma. Here is the definitive guide to the geography of middleearth, from its founding in the elder days through the third age, including the journeys of bilbo, frodo, and the fellowship of the ring. The atlas of middle earth revised edition by karen wynn fonstad. The atlas of middle earth by karen wynn fonstad is an atlas of j. See all books authored by karen wynn fonstad, including the atlas of middleearth, and the atlas of pern, and more on. Karen wynn fonstad, nee wynn april 18, 1945 march 11, 2005 was the author of several atlases of fictional worlds. The atlas of middleearth book by karen wynn fonstad.
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