Off the Map: The Curious History of Place Names
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Book Overview
Explores the origins of place names and the relationship between geography, cartography, and historical events. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1568361742
ISBN13:9781568361741
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Kodansha
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
A marvelous study of geography and the humanity of it
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I found "Off the Map" to be a breath of fresh air in a discipline that has fallen from grace of late. Mr. Nelson's true love for history and the human frailty behind it is evident throughout the work. I highly recommend this book for the casual reader as well as the academic. A delight!
If a book was ever interesting about geography. . .
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book has a lot of interesting facts! One of the amazing things about this book is you don't have to be a geographer or anything like that to undertand and appreciate the work done. The light humor keeps the reader in a good state of mind as he learns more about places around the world.
CURIOSITIES
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
While this is not a book with detailed account of included facts it surely deserves appreciation for its curiosity-satisfaction factor and rarity of its kind.The book jumps from subject to subject helping to present more facts which seems to be the objective of its author.It boils with facts and information that one could not find easily elsewhere and this is the joy in it. I enjoyed it and strongly recommend to others.
Informative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book is indeed handy as a reference and uses humor as an oasis for the facts. Very interesting reading.
Incredibly informative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I thought the book fascinating and informative. I was particularly impressed with the enlightening attention to detail. I confess I took notes while reading it to help absorb the respectable amount of information it contained.
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