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Annotated map of Wilderland

20 October (edited)
2024-10-20 2:28:46 PM UTC

Druss spotted this map of Wilderland, annotated by Tolkien himself, on a Facebook publication. The only additional detail provided is its origin: Tolkien's own library.
Does anyone have any idea where it comes from ? In fact, is this a known document or a fantastic discovery ?

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20 October (edited)
2024-10-20 2:54:45 PM UTC
I don't recall seeing this map before (not that that means much), but it is referred to by Christopher Tolkien in The Return of the Shadow (p. 205):

"On one of his copies of The Hobbit my father pencilled in a few later names on the map of Wilderland, and these included Bruinen or Loudwater against the river north of the house (again as in Sketch I), and Merrill against the tributary flowing just to the south of it.†

†This name, which I have found nowhere else, is unfortunately not quite clear, though Me- and -ll are certain, and it is hard to read it in any other way. – Another name added to the Wilderland map was Rhimdath ‘Rushdown’, the river flowing from the Misty Mountains into Anduin north of the Carrock (see the Index to Vol. V, p. 446)."

20 October
2024-10-20 4:04:21 PM UTC
This map at one time was available on the Tolkien Estate website, but it has since been taken down. It is listed as item 463 on the Tolkien Art Index
20 October
2024-10-20 4:43:06 PM UTC

vopi77 wrote:

This map at one time was available on the Tolkien Estate website, but it has since been taken down. It is listed as item 463 on the Tolkien Art Index

I just checked this against my archived version of the old TE website and this is correct. The images are identical except for the size, which is slightly reduced anove in this thread.
20 October
2024-10-20 6:32:15 PM UTC
I’m not sure if this is of any relevance to the current topic: https://bodleian.museoteca.com/web_product2.jsp?pic_id=344
20 October
2024-10-20 8:28:19 PM UTC

onthetrail wrote:

vopi77 wrote:

This map at one time was available on the Tolkien Estate website, but it has since been taken down. It is listed as item 463 on the Tolkien Art Index

I just checked this against my archived version of the old TE website and this is correct. The images are identical except for the size, which is slightly reduced anove in this thread.

Thank you both for your enlightening answers !
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