Place Names
A Place Name Is Not a Map
A place name is not a map: learn how inherited names can preserve old terrain, languages and boundaries, and how to…
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Place Names
Look at what names can reveal about a place, and what they cannot.
Our point of view
Maps are arguments about place
A boundary can clarify one thing and hide another. We look beyond the line to the terrain, routes and relationships that give a region its character.