Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-naming in the United StatesWith a wealth of historical and anecdotal detail, the author traces the origins and evolution of the principal place-names in the United States, and every American should find fascination in the discovery of the strange circumstances by which names long familiar came into being. |
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Of what is attempted in this book | 3 |
Of the naming that was before history | 4 |
How the first Spaniards gave names II | 11 |
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