![]() ![]() Stewart opens with the first European names in what would later be the United States- Ponce de León's flowery Florída, Cortés's semi-mythical isle of California, and the red Rio Colorado- before going on to explore New England, New Amsterdam, and New Sweden, the French and the Russian legacies, and the unlikely contributions of everybody from border ruffians to Boston Brahmins. ![]() Names on the Land is a fascinating and fantastically detailed panorama of language in action. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its subject, while Stewart's intimate knowledge of America and love of anecdote make his book a unique and delightful window on American history and social life. Stewart's classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation's peoples. ![]()
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