The Joy of Sad Place Names The scattered toponyms that delight us by their unvarnished expression of downheartedness, defeat and despond. Excerpt: Victors don’t just write the history books. They […]
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Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name
Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name Excerpt:A few hundred years ago, when much of the world was mysterious and unknown, a […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Location-Toponyms
The next installment takes us to the 2nd of 5 Themes of Geography-Location. We find out about toponyms, the mystery that is Tesnus, Texas, and how perception matters when choosing […]
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INFOGRAPHIC via Drew Skau: Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World
Click on the info graph above to interact with place names. Totally inappropriate, totally hilarious. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. […]
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