Index of Translated Names

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     This index includes modern translations of all names in the titles of the maps, plus names which appear in the atlas's index, which was not scanned. Wherever possible names were selected that can be easily found in a current English-language encyclopedia or atlas. In some cases two translations of the same name were given to provide as much access as possible.

     Map titles were translated into English by Scott Martin, with assistance and advice from Paul Naiditch and Cynthia Chamberlin. The following sources were used extensively in identifying and translating the place names on the Blaeu maps:

• The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World. Ed. Leon E. Settzer. 1962, Columbia University Press.
• Encyclopedia Americana Online, version 2.5. 2000, Grolier Inc. http://www.go.grolier.com
• Simpson, D. P. Cassell's New Latin Dictionary. 1960, Funk & Wagnall's Company.
• The Times Atlas of the World, Tenth Comprehensive Edition. 1999, Times Books Group Ltd.

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