The moment I saw the map of Middle Earth illustrated in the first few pages of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein, I was hooked. Fantasy world wall maps are available both online and in collectable retail stores like never before. Many collectors item versions of well known fantasy novels, such as Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia, even come with world wall maps to hang in your house.
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No one knows just how long map making has been around, but it is almost certain that for 8,000 years humans have used wall maps, and without a shadow of a doubt wall maps preceded writing. We know this because there are wall maps scribed onto the walls of caves by the men and women who lived in them. Also, examples of ancient maps of Babylon, Greece and Asia have been found by archaeologists...
