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Revision as of 00:58, 8 April 2013
The Lands of Ice and Fire | |
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Language | English |
Publisher |
Bantam Books (US) HarperCollins Voyager (UK) |
Released | 30 October, 2012 |
Media Type | Boxed collection |
Pages | 12 posters |
ISBN | ISBN 0345538544 |
The Lands of Ice and Fire is a boxed collection of twelve A Song of Ice and Fire map posters, stretching from Westeros to Asshai. It is illustrated by cartographer Jonathan Roberts of the Fantastic Maps blog, which can give a clue to the map quality. The collection came out in the US from Bantam Books on 30 October 2012[1] and in the UK from HarperCollins Voyager on 08 November 2012.
Content
The 12 included maps are: [1]
- A complete map of the known world, stretching from Westeros to Asshai (a brand new map).
- A full map of Westeros, combining the North and the South.
- Map of the Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste.(a brand new map).
- The Qarth region and the lands of the far east (a brand new map).
- A "Journeys" map showing the path traveled by all the major characters.
- A map of the West featuring Westeros, the Free Cities and the Summer Isles
- A map of Central Essos
- A city map of King's Landing
- A city map of Braavos. (a brand new map).
- Map of the lands Beyond the Wall.
- Map of the Free Cities region, west of Essos.
- Map of the Slaver's Bay region, including Valyria and northern part of Sothoros continent.
Some of the places the maps depict were previously not mentioned in canon, including:[2]
- The continent of Ulthos
- The Cities of the Bloodless Men
- The Thousand Islands
- The Five Forts
- Bonetown
- The Land of the Shrykes
- The Great Sand Sea
- The Grey Waste
- The Howling Hills
- The Bleeding Sea
- The City of the Winged Men
- The ruined city of Stygai
- Trader Town
- Vaes Jini
- The Shrinking Sea
- The Poison Sea
- The Bone Mountains
Three routes penetrate the Bone Mountains. They connect the Dothraki Sea and Qarth with the unknown and exotic lands to the East:
- The Steel Road
- The Stone Road
- The Sand Road
Purpose
George R. R. Martin has stated that the maps are not meant to be perfect, especially the map of the known world. They don't show everything, and Martin has said "The idea was to do something representing the lands and seas of which, say, a maester of the Citadel might be aware... and while the maesters know more about Asshai and the lands beyond than a medieval monk knew about Cathay, distance remains a factor, and past a certain point legends and myths will creep here. Here there be winged men, and such." [3]
See also
- Bantam Books book page.
- HarperCollins Voyager book page.
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Random House product description
- ↑ Collins, Sean T. (2012-12-05). "The Lands of Ice and Fire: Some thoughts". All Leather Must Be Boiled. http://boiledleather.com/post/37284573235/the-lands-of-ice-and-fire-some-thoughts.
- ↑ http://grrm.livejournal.com/297016.html