Sunday, December 07, 2008

Atlas of True Names (or something close)


Many place names are made up of archaic words whose meaning is not obvious. What if, suddenly, the meanings of those words were suddenly revealed and all place names were simple phrases in your language -- like, say, North Bay? Well, the map -- not to mention the insides of our heads -- might look a little different, as in the Atlas of True Names, or the excerpted map above (click to see it up close).

Thanks to Strange Maps and its alert readers for the tip. See Strange Maps for commentary and further links.

1 comment:

Beth Aitchison said...

Interesting. It made me think of a map I found a couple years back...a little bit different, though.

http://www.iranian.com/Anyway/2004/March/Images/america.jpg