Place and Feature Names (Map layer)

MelissaB

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Title:

Place and Feature Names

Description:

The map has a lot of places and features labeled and named with text. I traced all of the ones that were all capital letters. Something interesting to note is the number of places that have two names, separated by “or.”

Tags:

colonial power, Feature Names, Hydronym, Labeling, Naming Uncertainty, Place Names

Item Relations

This Item	is extracted from	Item: Bowles and Carver Map used for Complete and Elegant Imperialism
This Item	dcterms:isFormatOf	Item: Capitalized text
Item: Markers of Human Influence	frbr:relatedEndeavour	This Item

Citation

“Place and Feature Names,” HIST 1952, accessed December 11, 2023, https://hist1952.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/23.

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