The Underrated Maps of Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- The Hobbit, published in 1937 and written by JRR Tolkien, is one of the most acclaimed children's books of all time. It was the basis for the later Lord of the Rings series, and its world of Middle-Earth was born here. In this video, we'll look at the beautiful and incredibly immersive storytelling maps that Tolkien made for the Hobbit, and review how they were made and what makes them so worth loving.
Without a doubt, Tolkien's later maps from The Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King get way more attention. I explore those in an earlier video that you can find here ( • Tolkien's Incredible M... ). However, these maps in the Hobbit are a great glimpse into Tolkien's early creative process, the importance of cartography and maps when he wrote and imagined the world of Middle Earth, and his love of geography and worldbuilding.
Bilbo's journeys with the dwarves carried him across this land, only partially mapped, with so many mysteries left unopened. We are drawn across Mirkwood and the land of Smaug and the great Lonely Mountain. And, in fact, without Thror's Map, we would never have a Hobbit story at all.
My goal with this series is to explore the amazing maps that humanity has created over the span of human history, and to use these as ways to connect with our ancestors. I hope you enjoy going on this journey with me, and please let me know if you like this format and if you want to see more videos.
A huge thanks to everyone that helped to contribute to this video and whose works are featured here, including:
Images and Art
Ralph Damiani (www.artstation...)
Rodrigo Garbini ( / enanoakd )
Jonathan Guzi (jonathanguzi.com/)
Daniel Govar (www.danielgova...)
And of course the Tolkiens and others.
Audio
- Adventures of a Wanderer Lord of the Rings RPG Music Royalty Free: • Adventures of a Wander...
- Medieval Song Village Consort [No Copyright Music]: • Medieval Song Village ...
- Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommon..., Source: incompetech.com..., Artist: incompetech.com/
Research
Correspondence with Jonas Mertens
The Annotated Hobbit, Douglas Anderson
JRR Tolkien Encyclopedia, Michael Drout
Atlas of Middle Earth, Karen Wynn Fonstad
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.o..., en.wikipedia.o..., en.wikipedia.o...)
And many more.
A nod to Great Art Explained ( / @greatartexplained ) for helping me come up with the idea for this series.
And of course, thanks to all the many hands along the course of history that created and shared such works, so we can all learn more from the past.
Love,
Victor
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I love these map breakdowns of Lord of the rings and The Hobbit. Thank you for making such amazingly detailed videos!!
I’m an adult who’s reading these books for the 1st time and this video was super informative thank youuuu
One thing I love about the Wilderland map is that it feels like you could sit under the trees. Your point that it's a storytelling device is a great one.
I just realized that it's the shadows under individual trees that may create that feeling.
"Wow, this is amazing! I've always wondered about the geography of Middle-earth. Thanks for bringing Tolkien's world to life through maps!"
I've been a huge Tolkien fan since I was 11 and it was the maps that really sparked my curiosity. I remember reading The Hobbit in school but being really captivated by the map of Wilderland and wondering what was off the borders of the map. That drove me to read LOTR and then delve further into the history. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks for creating it.
5:25 I didn't even know William Morris wrote a book. I only knew his art. Got to say I think his map looks awesome. Now I want to check out his books.
I felt a little bad saying it didn't hold a candle to Tolkien... I actually think it was pretty great too :)
That was great! Can you make a video about the map of Beleriand? It will be very aprreciated.
I'll put it on the list!
It amazes me how many content creators don’t get the thanks they deserve. A thousand views and only 70 likes 😢 hit the like button guys it goes a long way
Great video mate
man these videos are great dude.
I’m young and a bit inexperienced with maps but two that I’d think might be cool to make a video about: Marauders map and Narnia’s map.
Might also be interesting to explore some videogame maps… in ur own unique style, like this, of course!
A world of ice and fire maps. Your videos are amazing thank you
pretty amazing when you confront the fact that this stuff was published 75 years ago
Fantastic go-through of these maps, you highlighted many great points! Love the way you credited the mythological value of Thror's map!
Thanks for watching! Keep tuned for more :)
Great video, i am so glad i found this channel... I have always been fascinated with cartography and LOTR, and having it explained by someone knowledge and able to articulate the finer points has been amazing
I love your content! Thank you! I would love to see Ursula Leguin's Earthsea maps, with the labyrinths and stuff covered. And I would love to see any maps on labyrinths. And not from fantasy: I would love to see you cover the map of the Treasure Island, as it was a chief motivator for R L Stevenson to write the story, and as a child it blew my mind.
Thanks for the awesome suggestions! I love Ursula LeGuin, so that'll be on the list for sure!
Earthsea is great. (Books and the maps in them)
I personally would also like a video about maps in the Wheel of Time.