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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/3/2009 8:55:02 PM

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You are correct about Nunavut, but the map is correctly set in the pre-Nunavut days.

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/3/2009 9:19:37 PM

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Was not Zomba the capital (adminstrative) of Nysaland (now Malawi)? I understand Blantyre is the cultural and economic capital of Malawi today, and likely in 1939 Nysaland as well, but Zomba was the captial ... same hex, even.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zomba,_Malawi

Well, this is right Zomba was the capital city of Nyasaland.

But ADG may have chosen Blantyre as the capital city of Nyasaland in WiF FE because it was the larges city of Nyasaland at the time, and the center of the economic and industrial life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blantyre,_Malawi). It makes me think of the USA, where some State capital are small cities that are not even on the map as cities because they were so small, and other cities that were not the capital are on the map.

Maybe for a country such as Nyasaland, ADG's choice is better. This is how I feel.

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/3/2009 9:20:30 PM

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You are correct about Nunavut, but the map is correctly set in the pre-Nunavut days.

Yes, this name don't appear, only "Northwest Territories".

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/3/2009 9:53:23 PM

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For Canada, is it Garry Lake and Pelly Lake? Not Lake Garry and Lake Pelly?

It looks like it is Garry Lake and Lake Pelly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_lake.
Although my 1935 atlas also shows Lake Garry.
The river it is on is called the Backs river, while it is called the Back River on wikipedia.

I'll go with Garry Lake and Lake Pelly and Backs River.

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/3/2009 10:36:02 PM

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Thanks for your quick responses, Patrice. Like you, I enjoy the geopgraphical study of the game, and the maps are wonders to behold.

However, it would make my assistance a lot easier if you could post the finished map for proofing. The most recent posts were from the few map shots posted here. Again, my goal is not to change the map, just to get the right names on the map.

4 days to WiFCon.

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/4/2009 12:24:36 AM

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For Canada, is it Garry Lake and Pelly Lake? Not Lake Garry and Lake Pelly?

It looks like it is Garry Lake and Lake Pelly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_lake.
Although my 1935 atlas also shows Lake Garry.
The river it is on is called the Backs river, while it is called the Back River on wikipedia.

I'll go with Garry Lake and Lake Pelly and Backs River.

I think Back River is actually correct as I believe it was named after George Back who searched in this area for the lost Franklin expedition.

Edit: Additional research reveals he surveyed the area during 1834 after an earlier overland expedition under Franklin. That source says the river was named the Back River in his honor.

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/4/2009 3:06:11 AM

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A misspelling: Finnish harbour Hank� should simply be Hanko

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/4/2009 12:52:53 PM

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On the India map, isn't the tributary of the Indus that runs through the Punjab South of Multan the "Sutlej", not "Sutlei" ? My wife's house at her secondary school in New Delhi was "Sutlej", and it's a better transliteration of the Hindi than anything else.

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The Royal Indian Navy sloops of the Bittern-class were named after rivers and Sutlej was spelt with a J not an I - so you may be right.

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On the India map, isn't the tributary of the Indus that runs through the Punjab South of Multan the "Sutlej", not "Sutlei" ? My wife's house at her secondary school in New Delhi was "Sutlej", and it's a better transliteration of the Hindi than anything else.

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The Royal Indian Navy sloops of the Bittern-class were named after rivers and Sutlej was spelt with a J not an I - so you may be right.

I'll check that.

Here's a link to a 1909 map of the Punjab, showing the river in question as "Sutlej" with a "J"

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/images/gazetteer_V20_pg394.jpg

Also a wikipedia entry on the river

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutlej

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/4/2009 1:13:48 PM

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Here's a link to a 1909 map of the Punjab, showing the river in question as "Sutlej" with a "J"

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/images/gazetteer_V20_pg394.jpg

Also a wikipedia entry on the river

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutlej

Hello Paul, it's been corrected (by Patrice)

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RE: Names of the World in Flames - 8/5/2009 10:56:30 PM

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How about the Australian mountain:

Mt Kosciusko

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciusko

No "Z" until 1997.

Per list: Mt. Kosciuszko

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