Earthsea

Earthsea is a fictional realm that was created by Ursula K. Le Guin for her short story "The Word of Unbinding", published in 1964, but became more famous in her novel A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968.

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The world of Earthsea is one of sea and islands: a vast archipelago of hundreds of islands surrounded by uncharted ocean. It is uncertain whether or not there are other landmasses, though reference is made to lands "beyond the west" where the dragons have their realm.

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The word "Archipelago" is used by characters in the books to refer only to the central grouping of islands around the small Inner Sea. The outlying islands are loosely grouped into four "Reaches" by points of the compass, and the Kargad Lands (four large islands to the north-east inhabited by the war-like nation of Kargs). Some of the islands described in the stories include Havnor and Roke in the Inner Sea; Gont in the North Reach, perilously close to the Kargad Lands; and Atuan, one of the islands of the Kargs. (See the map in External links.)

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The Word of Unbinding: The Word of Unbinding (1964) is a short story by Ursula K. LeGuin. In this story, the world of Earthsea, which was later made famous by A Wizard of Earthsea, was first introduced....