Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?

The Place Names that History Left Behind

Harry Campbell

2007 • 180 pages

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Dozens of countries, cities and counties have changed their identity over the years. For example, whatever happened to Tanganyika? This book takes the reader on a journey through the place names that history left behind: the stories about where they came from, what happened to them and what they were replaced by.

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History

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Daren

A quick read, with 1-4 pages on each placename - now defunct.
Old favourites like Ceylon, Zaire, Burma and the New Hebrides. Places more marginal in recognition - Tanganyika, Batavia and Spanish Sahara. And places I haven't hard of - Chagos Islands, Fernando Po,Cathures, Neutral Moresnet and Pleasant Island!

December 6, 2014