Easternesse

Easternesse was a legendary continent that was situated east of Middle-Earth, separated from it by the Romenear.It's coastlines were explored by the Númenoreans in the Second Age. After the Fall of Númenor the remaining númenorean Seamen were unable to reach Aman anymore and found that the world was formed as a Globe.During their rare and exceptional expeditions, mostly searching for possible remnants of Númenor such as legendary Tol MeneltarmA they found a new continent omn the opposite side of Ambar, scholars debated if these New Lands were the ancient continent of Easternesse, whose coastlines were had been altered by the great cataclysm, or if it was indceed a new continent, formed by parts of lower Arda that had before been hidden :