The Atlas of the Dragonlance World

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The Atlas of the Dragonlance World
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Author Karen Wynn Fonstad
IllustratorKaren Wynn Fonstad
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Dragonlance
GenreFantasy, Atlas
Publisher TSR, Inc.
Distributed by Random House
Publication date
1987
Pages168
ISBN 0-88038-448-4
813/.54 19
LC Class PS3573.E3978 D674 1987

The Atlas of the Dragonlance World by Karen Wynn Fonstad provides a cartographer's illustrated point of view to the fictional world known as "Krynn" from the Dragonlance setting created by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. This 168-page perfect-bound book was published in 1987. [1]

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