Place names & gazetteers books

304 books were found.

Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind

Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That...
Author: Harry Campbell ISBN: 9781906032050 Format: Hardback	$39.47
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Encyclopedia of Historic Places

Encyclopedia of Historic Places
Author: David S. Lemberg ISBN: 9780816053445 Format: Hardback	$792.00
Identifies and provides background information on cities, towns, districts, territories, and nations around the... Read More >>

A Dictionary of Iowa Place-names

A Dictionary of Iowa Place-names
Author: Tom Savage , Loren N. Horten ISBN: 9781587295317 Format: Paperback	$52.67
Iowa's place-names reflect the religions, myths, cultures, families, heroes, whimsies, and misspellings of the Hawkeye... Read More >>

The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places

The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places
Author: P.W. Joyce ISBN: 9780548090404 Format: Hardback	$158.27
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Scottish Hill Names: Their Origin and Meaning

Scottish Hill Names: Their Origin and Meaning
Author: Peter Drummond ISBN: 9780907521952 Format: Hardback	$41.40
The hills of Scotland are a significant part of the landscape and the names of these hills reflect the social and... Read More >>

Find Your Way Round London in 1799: Richard Horwood's 26 Inch to the Mile Map of London

Find Your Way Round London in 1799: Richard Horwood's...
Author: Richard Horwood , Ralph Hyde ISBN: 9780954508074 Format: CD-ROM	$58.22
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography: in English, Russian, French, Spanish and German

Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography: in English, Russian,...
Author: Vladimir Kotlyakov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) , Anna Komarova (Moscow, Russian Federation) ISBN: 9780444510426 Format: Hardback	$554.40
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The Statesman's Yearbook 2007: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World

The Statesman's Yearbook 2007: The Politics, Cultures...
Author: Barry Turner ISBN: 9781403992765 Format: Hardback	$390.00
The Statesman's Yearbook, now in a new, enlarged format, contains profiles of every country in the world and includes... Read More >>

Nicknames of Places: Origins and Meanings of the Alternate and Secondary Names, Sobriquets, Titles, Epithets and Slogans for 4600 Places Worldwide

Nicknames of Places: Origins and Meanings of the Alternate...
Author: Adrian Room ISBN: 9780786424979 Format: Hardback	$224.40
Many places in the world have a secondary name. This dictionary is devoted to over 4,500 such names. The entries... Read More >>

Concise Place Names of Alberta

Concise Place Names of Alberta
Author: Merrily Aubrey ISBN: 9781552382103 Format: Paperback	$105.47
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A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian Habitation Names of the Crimea

A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian...
Author: Henryk Jankowski ISBN: 9789004154339 Format: Hardback	$1103.52
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History in Asphalt: Origin of Bronx Street and Place Names

History in Asphalt: Origin of Bronx Street and Place...
Author: John McNamara ISBN: 9780941980166 Format: Paperback	$78.92
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Brooklyn By Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names

Brooklyn By Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks,...
Author: Leonard Benardo , Jennifer Weiss ISBN: 9780814799468 Format: Paperback	$41.99
From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history.... Read More >>

Brooklyn By Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names

Brooklyn By Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks,...
Author: Leonard Benardo , Jennifer Weiss ISBN: 9780814799451 Format: Hardback	$184.00
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A Dictionary of Lake District Place-names

A Dictionary of Lake District Place-names
Author: Diana Whaley ISBN: 9780904889727 Format: Hardback	$51.75
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A Dictionary of London Place-names

A Dictionary of London Place-names
Author: David Mills ISBN: 9780198609575 Format: Paperback	$31.95
This guide explains the meanings and linguistic and historical origins of Greater London names. Over 1700 names... Read More >>

Place Names and Field Names of Northumberland

Place Names and Field Names of Northumberland
Author: Stan Beckensall ISBN: 9780752436470 Format: Paperback	$46.55
Place names and field names of Northumberland Read More >>

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Author: John Everett-Heath ISBN: 9780198605379 Format: Paperback	$37.95
Gives the history, meanings, and origin of a range of place names from across the world, with details of former... Read More >>

Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6, 600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features and Historic Sites

Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the...
Author: Adrian Room ISBN: 9780786422487 Format: Hardback	$224.40
A placename is often much more than just a label. A name may bespeak the history of a nation, the culture of a people,... Read More >>

Discovering Place-Names: A Pocket Guide to Over 1500 Place-names in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Discovering Place-Names: A Pocket Guide to Over 1500...
Author: John Field , Margaret Gelling ISBN: 9780747806172 Format: Paperback	$31.55
Explains the meanings of more than 1500 place-names and discusses the techniques by which this information is obtained.... Read More >>

English Place-Names Explained

English Place-Names Explained
Author: Charles Whynne-Hammond ISBN: 9781853069116 Format: Paperback	$33.61
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Names on Svalbard

Names on Svalbard
Author: Eli Johanne Ellingsve ISBN: 9788251920117 Format: Hardback	$58.22
The names on Svalbard are a reminder of how many different nationalities that have visited and lived on the archipelago... Read More >>

Derbyshire Place Names

Derbyshire Place Names
Author: Anthony Poulton-Smith ISBN: 9780750939256 Format: Paperback	$34.99
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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Twentieth Century: A Gazetteer

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Twentieth Century:...
Author: Kiran Dhingra ISBN: 9780195670530 Format: Hardback	$171.60
This book is a gazetteer on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and provides a geographical position and complete history... Read More >>

Indian Placenames in America

Indian Placenames in America
Author: Sandy Nestor ISBN: 9780786431885 Format: Hardback	$250.80
Provides information on the name origins and histories of cities, towns and villages in US that have Indian names.... Read More >>

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