The map was created by Stephan Hormes. With so many different meanings and translations for place names, Mr Hormes says he did not intend the map to be a scientific scholarship. Instead he chose ...

They've created an Atlas Of True Names that deconstructs all the ordinary ... Hormes and Peust caution that readers should accept their map "just as an invitation to the world as a strange ...

German cartographers Stephan Hormes and Silke Peust are the married couple behind the Atlas of True Names, external, which now has five maps in the series. Using their own research, they have ...

Etymologists and wordsmiths will take particular interest in a new set of maps going on sale in time for Christmas. The Atlas of True Names replaces the traditional names of the world's cities ...