It's a map of Middle earth in the First Age. The reason why it looks like there is more land to the west of the Shire is because there is more land to the west of the Shire. That region was known as Beleriand but it was destroyed at the end of the First Age which created the coastline that is more familiar to the readers of LOTR.
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