Place Names of the Avalon Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland / / E.R. Seary.
This book looks at history through a broad, systematic study of the place names of one of the first European settlements in North America. It is rich in "ations from old literature, and it delves into the origins of such evocative names as Butter Pot, Burst Heart Hill, and Mistaken Point. The f...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©1971 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Heritage
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Maps and Tables
- 1. Some General Considerations
- 2. The Avalon Peninsula: Description ,Indian Names and European Discovery
- 3. The French Place Names
- 4. English Place Names of the Seventeenth Century
- 5. English Place Names of the Eighteenth Century
- 6. The Nineteenth Century
- 7. The Irish Place Names
- 8. Analysis of the Place Names/One Distribution, Single-element Names, Generics
- 9. Analysis of the Place Names/ Two Specifics , Qualifiers , Composition
- Avalon Peninsula . Gazetter and Index of Place Names
- Bibliography/One Maps ,Charts and Atlases
- Bibliography/Two A Selection of Manuscript and Printed Sources
- Notes
- Index