The British Museum has devised an ingenious Google Map's based displace to promote the cinematic liberate of Vikings Live. Today, inward 380 United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland cinemas too inward l cinemas to a greater extent than or less the world, the British Museum are screening a alive guided tour of the museum's Vikings exhibition.
Rather than practise a uncomplicated pic theater finder map for the number the British Museum has released a Google Map which equally good shows the location of all United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland towns alongside Norse place-names. The Norse Placenames Map non solely shows the lasting legacy of the Norse invasion on large sections of the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland it equally good allows you lot to click on private town names to acquire to a greater extent than almost the etymology of the place-name.
For example, the etymology of the town of 'Scunthorpe' is explained equally 'Skuma's outlying farm/settlement'. When you lot search for a town on the map non solely tin you lot uncovering out almost the etymology of its placename (if it has Norse origins) you lot are equally good told the nearest pic theater to the town, where you lot tin scout Vikings Live.
Vikings Live is screening inward cinemas to a greater extent than or less the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland today only. The exhibition itself is forthwith on at the British Museum.
If you lot are interested inward the pregnant behind place-names you lot mightiness equally good similar this map of States of America States. Back inward 2010 I used the the Google Maps label library to practise this simple US States Etymology map.
The map shows the pregnant of each U.S. nation refer based on the 'U.S. State Name Etymologies' entry on Wikipedia.
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