Abbotsford to Zion : the story of Scottish place-names around the world
Wills, Elspeth2016
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This book takes the reader on a journey from the wastes of Antarctica to the South African Highlands, from Canada's prairies to Australia's vineyards. It visits cities and deserted villages, scales mountain peaks and calls in at far-flung islands. All these places have one thing in common - the fact that they were named by, or after, Scots. The places named and the people they honoured provide a different way of looking at the influence of Scots overseas, whether railroad engineer, pioneer farmer, displaced crofter or multi-millionaire.
Main title:
Author:
Wills, Elspeth, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2016.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781780274072 (pbk)
Dewey class:
909.04916309909.0491909.049909.04916909910.014
LC class:
DA774.5
Local class:
909.049163909.049
Language:
English
BRN:
1554217