The Atlas of True Names

Britain - Atlas of True Names

I discovered this via Fantastic Maps on Google+ and as a curator of useful and interesting content for creative story-slingers and worldbuilders, I MUST share it!

The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings, of the familiar terms on today’s maps of the World, Europe, the British Isles and the United States.

For instance, where you would normally expect to see the Sahara indicated, the Atlas gives you “The Tawny One”, derived from Arab. es-sahra “the fawn coloured, desert”.

The ‘True Names’ of 3000 cities, countries, rivers, oceans and mountain ranges are displayed on these four fascinating maps, each of which includes a comprehensive index of derivations. — via Atlas of True Names

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