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The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
Middle-earth is invented, so this map holds only the real places Tolkien drew on: the Birmingham water mill behind Bag End and Hobbiton, the West Midlands hills and river country of his boyhood, and, far off the map, the Swiss valley and high Alps that fed Rivendell and the Misty Mountains after his 1911 walking tour.
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The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
Middle-earth is invented, so this map holds only the documented real-world places Tolkien drew on: the West Midlands countryside of his Birmingham boyhood behind the Shire, the West Country hills and caves he lent to Rohan and Helm's Deep, and, far off the map, the alpine valley and the Great War battlefield that fed Rivendell and the Dead Marshes.
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