Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind
Do you still find yourself referring to Zaire or Czechoslovakia, or wondering whether it should be Moldavia or Moldova, Burma or Myanmar? Dozens of countries, cities, and counties have changed their identity over the years. Some of the names we remember from our schooldays or from news headlines just a few years ago are now gone. For example, what did happen to Tanganyika? The fascinating stories behind the place names include Affpiddle, Biafra, British Heligoland, Ceylon, Flintshire, Friendly Isles, Islands of Samson and the Ducks, Leningrad, Little Britain, Macedonia, Muscat, Pleasant Island, Stalingrad, Tanganyika, West Britain, Yugoslavia…
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Weitere Autoren: Smith, Alexander Mccall (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-1-906032-05-0
- EAN: 9781906032050
- Produktnummer: 3361272
- Verlag: Anova Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Masse: H20.6 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.5 cm 322 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 322
Über den Autor
Harry Campbell is a freelance lexicographer, who used to work for Larousse and Harper Collins. He describes himself as an 'armchair traveller and avid collector of maps'. Harry lives in Glasgow.
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