Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Indiana Geographic Names
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Indiana Geographic Names
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Native American Place Names of Indiana
Author: Michael McCaffertyPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252032683
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A linguistic history of Native American place-names in Indiana In tracing the roots of Indiana place names, Michael McCafferty focuses on those created and used by local Native Americans. Drawing from exciting new sources that include three Illinois dictionaries from the eighteenth century, the author documents the language used to describe landmarks essential to fur traders in Les Pays d’en Haut and settlers of the Old Northwest territory. Impeccably researched, this study details who created each name, as well as when, where, how and why they were used. The result is a detailed linguistic history of lakes, streams, cities, counties, and other Indiana names. Each entry includes native language forms, translations, and pronunciation guides, offering fresh historical insight into the state of Indiana.
Placing Names
Author: Merrick Lex BermanPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253022568
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Well before the innovation of maps, gazetteers served as the main geographic referencing system for hundreds of years. Consisting of a specialized index of place names, gazetteers traditionally linked descriptive elements with topographic features and coordinates. Placing Names is inspired by that tradition of discursive place-making and by contemporary approaches to digital data management that have revived the gazetteer and guided its development in recent decades. Adopted by researchers in the Digital Humanities and Spatial Sciences, gazetteers provide a way to model the kind of complex cultural, vernacular, and perspectival ideas of place that can be located in texts and expanded into an interconnected framework of naming history. This volume brings together leading and emergent scholars to examine the history of the gazetteer, its important role in geographic information science, and its use to further the reach and impact of spatial reasoning into the digital age.
Findings of the Indiana Board on Geographic Names
Author: Indiana Board on Geographic NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Native American Place Names of Indiana
Author: Michael McCaffertyPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252055985
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A linguistic history of Native American place-names in Indiana In tracing the roots of Indiana place names, Michael McCafferty focuses on those created and used by local Native Americans. Drawing from exciting new sources that include three Illinois dictionaries from the eighteenth century, the author documents the language used to describe landmarks essential to fur traders in Les Pays d’en Haut and settlers of the Old Northwest territory. Impeccably researched, this study details who created each name, as well as when, where, how and why they were used. The result is a detailed linguistic history of lakes, streams, cities, counties, and other Indiana names. Each entry includes native language forms, translations, and pronunciation guides, offering fresh historical insight into the state of Indiana.
Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States
Author: United States Board on Geographic NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow
Author: Mark MonmonierPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226534650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
And unlike other books that consider place names, this is the first to reflect on both the real cartographic and political imbroglios they engender."--BOOK JACKET.
Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Author: Edmond Stephen MeanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Authorities and Organizations Involved with Geographic Names
Author: Donald J. OrthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description