Just as an FYI: if anyone here is near to or planning a trip to Oxford (UK), there is currently a free Tolkien exhibition that includes many original maps (and working drafts) at the Weston Library.
These are beautiful I cannot help but nitpick the mountains in California. Those mountains bordering NV and CA are majestic, and their tallest peaks are not at the delta near Sacramento, but south of there, closer to Visalia and Fresno. The Blueridge and Appalchian mountains appear majestic in these maps, but these do not really compare in height (e.g. tallest peak 4,000 ft compared to 14,505 in Sierra Nevada), although they do have a greater length.
<a href="https://www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/us_mountain_ranges.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/us_mountain_ra...</a>
If you like cool (live) maps, I've always enjoyed the watercolor setting on Stamen Maps[1]. They have others, too.<p>[1] <a href="http://maps.stamen.com/#toner/12/37.7706/-122.3782" rel="nofollow">http://maps.stamen.com/#toner/12/37.7706/-122.3782</a>
Wow! I've seen artists who hand draw in Tolkien's style (<a href="https://www.middleearthsmaps.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.middleearthsmaps.com/</a>) but I never would have thought it could be done so well automatically!
here's a link to some background and resource files: <a href="https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/we-wants-it/" rel="nofollow">https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping...</a>