The Atlas of True Names (Strange Maps) “The Atlas substitutes the original meanings of the world’s place names for the better-known, ossified toponyms.”
Man, I thought “Orkney” sounded pretty cool, but “Isles of the Sea Monsters” is about 100 times better! Someone should setup a GeoNames clone that serves these!
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Man, I thought “Orkney” sounded pretty cool, but “Isles...Sea Monsters” is about 100 times...
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Man, I thought “Orkney” sounded pretty cool, but “Isles...Sea Monsters” is about 100 times...
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