Atlas of True names

Dec 01, 2008 16:20




What a wonderful form of cartography! An Etymological Atlas where the map makers researched global place names to find their origins, and then translated them to English.



Parts of Italy



And parts of America

Other maps can be found here at SpiegelOnline. To be honest it makes the world look and feel a bit like a fantasy map.

cartography

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