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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Letters #165: Quote:
describe in detail a small portion of it (what is, in effect, Europe) and describing only vaguely, as someone in much of the medieval period, would have known of Asia and most of Africa, and probably view it as menacing and mysterious. Hence, Middle-earth is conceived as Europe, Africa, and Asia, in a time when (Tolkien would teasingly now allude to continental drift as cause) the Old World land mass "between the seas" of the Atlantic and Pacific were different.
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The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.' Last edited by Tuor in Gondolin; 12-28-2012 at 02:31 PM. |
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