In UT (p.261) there is a section about the port of Lond Daer at the mouth of the Gwathlo (whoops thats just answered one of the questions in my quiz). It was initially a port used to ship timber back to Numenor, but was also where Ciryatur landed a large force of men that defeated Sauron in SA 1700.

Umbar, of course, was another of their harbour cities, and I believe Pelagir was established by the Faithful some time before the sinking of Numenor. Tharbad was another of there's, and I think the Numenorians also travelled right down south beyond Far Harad and had cities down there.

Pages 44-46 of Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle-earth, revised edition show maps and text concerning the 'Voyages of the N’men’reans' and 'The Realms in Exile'. There is way too much text to copy here.

In S.A. 3319, Elendil sailed to the Gulf of Lune and made friends with Gil-galad; his two sons sailed to Pelargir which had been built by the Faithful in S.A, 2350. The Faithful also had sailed north and had friendly relations with the Elves of Linden (Gil-galad and company).

It is probable that Elendil and sons weren't quite as arrogant as the rest of their race, possibly their humbility had something to do with their being permanently exiled as their home isle was gone. Never again would any more of the tall seafarers come from its shore, they were the last ones and they could not return, thus they had to make the best of the situation and become accepted by the peoples of this their new homeland.

I think the Elves had forgiven the mass tree cuttings after S.A. 1700 when Tar-Minastir sent a great fleet to the Elves' assistance in the war against Sauron, and helped drive the Enemy from Eriador. After that, the Elves probably said, "Cut here, but don't cut here!" Of course this is mere speculation.

Maybe Gil-Galad befriended Elendil and Co because the Numenorans saved them in the War against Sauron in the early second Age (from 1609 on i think). The Elves were nearly slaughtered by Sauron's army but when the Numenorans arrived the postThreadIDe was turned : Sauron eventually narrowly escaped to Mordor with only 5 men.

And Gil-Galad lived in Lindon : were there still many of the Noldor living in Eriador after the destruction of Hollin? (besides Rivendell then); i think the Elves thought Elendil deserved some kinda reward for the help of his ppl in the past.

Most Kingdoms grow from one city with millitary outposts. Even Minas tirith wasn't a heavily populated city by todays standards. It is also pointed out there was mingleing of the blood of numenor with the common peoples of ME, except in the royal families. The Numenorians were better armed and more tactically minded than the natives of ME, so they would have conquered them. As can be seen as the case of England during the Norman conquest, they were heavily out numbered by the inhabitants of england yet they won and they enforced there language and culture on to the peoples of England. This would have most likely have been the case of the numenorians in ME. The victor of a war isn't going to want to have to learn the language of his new subjects they should learn theirs. In no way does it ever say that the Numenoreans were peaceful. It in fact points in the other direction, they push the Dunlandings out of Rohan. I'm not saying of corse that all of the people of Numenor in exile would be subjicated, many smaller kingdoms would have intergrated them selves in order to ovoid dominion (there rulers probably accepting a position of postAuthorIDity, maybe even nobility). Dol Amroth is most likely a example of this, they shared many cultural beliefs and simularities, so he accepted a princeipality state in order to ovoid war and eventual defeat.

Well said.