Georgraphy – Stephen Liddell

A Multitude of Maps

I had so many maps from my previous post Messing Around With Maps that I couldn’t fit them all in one post. So here are another batch. This interesting map shows the relative population density of the UK and the USA in an interesting way. Each coloured zone of the USA has the… Continue reading A Multitude of Maps

How did countries get their names?

Have you ever wondered why your country has the name it has (in the English language anyway)? How did England get its name? There are two reasons and they are possibly linked. As with countless other countries, the name is largely down to a tribe of early settlers in this case the 5th Century Angles.… Continue reading How did countries get their names?