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The Curious History of Place Names

I finished reading Off the Map: The Curious Histories of Place Names by Derek Nelson. It was a fascinating read filled with trivia that just wakes my brain up and makes it kind of tingle with excitement. It laid out a new way for me to think about the world as well as the places I am going to visit this summer and sort of was a gateway book for getting into more research of the origins and anthropological land lines of each place I want to go. If you have any interest in this sort of thing pick it up or book mark it for later. I haven't enjoyed a geographic/history book this much since How the Irish Saved Civilization.