Off the map
Subtitle: the curious histories of place-names
By: Derek Nelson.
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Names, Geographical.
Description: Shows that place names and the maps that establish them can reveal a sensitive record of exploration, conquest, and liberation, shot through with geographic error, linguistic decay, and ethnic misunderstanding.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 WELCOME TO TERRA INCOGNITA 3; title: 2 WHEN ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL BOUNDARIES DON'T ALIGN 19; title: 3 THE WAR BETWEEN DISTORTION AND ACCURACY; title: "The Ants Along the Niger Were as Big as Mastiffs" 35; title: 4 WHY SOME NAMES SEEM TO MISS THE TARGET 69; title: 5 US VERSUS THEM; title: Place-Names Become Pejorative 85; title: 6 THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER; title: Names as Claims 99; title: 7 WHEN LANGUAGES COLLIDE 117; title: 8 MULTIPLE NAMES MEAN CONFUSION; title: AND CONTENTION 137; title: 9 PRIMAL NAMES; title: The Pictorial Globe 155; title: 10 TOPONYMY TURNS TREACHEROUS; title: The Tangled Roots of Place-Names 171; title: 11 A TOUCH OF SERENDIPITY 183.