Description
This well researched publication is the most comprehensive collection of places names ever published in South Africa, containing more than 6000 entries. The information provided for each entry is presented in a lively and interesting way, making this far more than merely a dictionary. Incorporating data from sources dating as far back as far back as 1486, this book in fact encapsulates the toponymic, linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of sub-continent, past and present. It includes historical and archaic place names as well as modern ones,incorporates name changes to date and indicates indigenous names for places with European names. It also contains the results of original research, and corrects errors and misconceptions of the past. ………………..
Jonathan Ball Publishers SA, 2004. Hardcover. Condition: Tight Clean MINT. Dust Wrapper Condition: Fine First Edition
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