Found in Translation - The Unexpected Origins of Place Names

Informationen zum Autor Duncan Madden is a freelance travel writer who's spent the last 20 years exploring the world and writing about it for international newspapers, magazines, websites and books, from Forbes to Lonely Planet. Alongside his love of language and etymology, he's a keen surfer and skier and enjoys nothing more than disappearing off the beaten track in search of new stories, snow and surf. When not traveling, he splits his time between Cologne and London. Klappentext Featured in Wanderlust's list of Best Travel Books of 2023 and Travel Pulse's Top Ten Travel Books of 2023. An enlightening, etymological journey across continents, uncovering the history and origins of the places we live and travel to Vorwort Featured in Wanderlust's list of Best Travel Books of 2023 and Travel Pulse's Top Ten Travel Books of 2023. An enlightening, etymological journey across continents, uncovering the history and origins of the places we live and travel to Zusammenfassung Featured in Wanderlust's list of Best Travel Books of 2023 and Travel Pulse's Top Ten Travel Books of 2023. An enlightening, etymological journey across continents, uncovering the history and origins of the places we live and travel to

Product details

• Authors: Duncan Madden
• Publisher: CHAMBERS LTD., W. & R.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2022
• EAN: 9781529369915
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-6991-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 220 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; TRAVEL / General, REFERENCE / General, Historical and comparative linguistics, Place names and gazetteers, best travel book 2023; wanderlust