Outer Banks Gazetteer (eBook)

The History of Place Names from Carova to Emerald Isle

Roger L. Payne (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
352 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-6229-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The rich history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is reflected in the names of its towns, geographic features, and waterways. A book over twenty years in the making, The Outer Banks Gazetteer is a comprehensive reference guide to the region's place namesover 3,000 entries in all. Along the way, Roger L. Payne has cataloged an incredible history of beaches, inlets, towns and communities, islands, rivers, and even sand dunes. There are also many entries for locations that no longer existinlets that have disappeared due to erosion or storms, abandoned towns, and Native American villageswhich highlight important and nearly forgotten places in North Carolina's history. Going beyond simply recounting the facts behind the names, Payne offers information-packed and entertainingly written stories of North Carolina, its coastal geography, and its people.Perfect for anyone interested in the North Carolina coast, this invaluable reference guide uncovers the history of one of the most-visited areas in the Southeast.

Autor

Roger L. Payne is executive secretary emeritus of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.2.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 7 maps, 1 table, bibl
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Communities • Culture • explorers • feature type • folk etymology • Genealogy • geographic name • Geography • historical deeds • historical inlets • History • Indigenous • inlets • name origin • Native American • place name • Post Office • Sounds • Toponymy
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-6229-9 / 1469662299
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-6229-9 / 9781469662299