How do people name places on islands? Is toponymy in small island communities affected by degrees of connection to larger neighbours such as a mainland? Are isl

What are place names? From where do they originate? How are they structured? What do they signify? How important are they in our life? This groundbreaking book

This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. Many of the chapters in this volume originated as

"In Toponymy on the Periphery, Julien Charles Cooper conducts a study of the rich geographies preserved in Egyptian texts relating to the desert regions east of

This book is dedicated to the study of the islands and their role in a globalised world. Beside Coastal or Oceanic/Marine Geography, there is little comprehensi