But of course the map told me the key had something to do with Erebor.

These maps tell us nothing that the headline numbers don't.

And they provide a map to tell you where you're going.

But neither map tells people which areas of a particular state to avoid.

The map would tell you this; there is almost nothing on it.

And no map from the city files could tell me what I really needed to know, anyway.

Thus the map told the whole story to anyone who suspected the truth.

The map told the story, along with daily war reports.

He was not prepared for what the map told him.

There could be things the maps and reports don't tell us.