This US exhibition explores construction of made-up worlds through maps, novels

A map from front endpapers to 'The Odyssey Of Homer'. Nearly 70 vintage maps and books make up the 'Mapping Fiction' exhibit at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Photo: AFP

Readers may feel lost when faced with the vastness and complexity of the fantasy worlds imagined by George Martin and J.R.R Tolkien. A new exhibit at the Huntington Library in California helps them explore the geography of these fictional universes.

Nearly 70 vintage maps and books make up the Mapping Fiction exhibition. They provide insight into how authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll and James Joyce created imaginary worlds, both similar and dissimilar to our own.