-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Maps showing countries with romanized versions of their own (native) names? Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:43:54 -0700 From: Greg Armento <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> There is this world map I recall from the early 1970s that did just that: Le monde politique. Institut géographique national (France). 1974 Ed. internationale. French Map 1 map : col. ; 75 x 121 cm. 1:33,000,000 Paris Greg Armento Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: Maps showing countries with romanized versions of their own > (native) names? > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:13:30 -0700 > From: Ratliff, Louise <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > > > Dear Ben, > > I have my own personal copy of "Atlas Japan : in English & Japanese" > edited by Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd, published by Teikoku-Shoin, Tokyo, > First edition, 1989. 55 p. ISBN 4-8071-2705-5 > > I bought it from a map store last year, so I don't know if you can find > it in print. Place names are in Japanese with English forms too. There > is an index (ordered by the English form) and a glossary of generic > terms (both Roman and English forms included, along with meaning in > English. > > Good luck! > > Louise > > Louise Ratliff > Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian > UCLA Cataloging & Metadata Center > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American > Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:04 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Maps showing countries with romanized versions of their own > (native) names? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Maps showing countries with romanized versions of > their own > (native) names? > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:28:16 -0400 > From: Ben Ostrowsky <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Hi folks, > > Please reply off-list (to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>); I > promise to summarize the responses I get. > > Do you know of any world maps that label each nation with a Romanized > version of its own native name, e.g. "Daehanminguk", "Nihon", "Zhonghua" > for "South Korea", "Japan", and "China" respectively? (It would also be > great if the labels included the English names and the native names in > their own script, but those are bells and/or whistles.) > > If so, could you give me a citation so I can try to track one down? I'd > love to have a map showing the nations of the world as they see > themselves, with somewhat less linguistic bias than usual. > > Thanks, > Ben Ostrowsky > > -- > "Don't get suckered in by the comments; > they can be terribly misleading. > Debug only code." -- Dave Storer >