The British Museum has devised an ingenious Google Map's based motility to promote the cinematic unloosen of Vikings Live. Today, inward 380 United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland cinemas in addition to inward fifty cinemas or then the world, the British Museum are screening a alive guided tour of the museum's Vikings exhibition.
Rather than practise a elementary painting house finder map for the termination the British Museum has released a Google Map which too shows the location of all United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to 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 in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland it too allows y'all to click on private town names to larn to a greater extent than well-nigh the etymology of the place-name.
For example, the etymology of the town of 'Scunthorpe' is explained equally 'Skuma's outlying farm/settlement'. When y'all search for a town on the map non solely tin laissez passer the sack y'all honor out well-nigh the etymology of its placename (if it has Norse origins) y'all are too told the nearest painting house to the town, where y'all tin laissez passer the sack spotter Vikings Live.
Vikings Live is screening inward cinemas or then the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland today only. The exhibition itself is straight off on at the British Museum.
If y'all are interested inward the pregnant behind place-names y'all mightiness too similar this map of USA 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. reason refer based on the 'U.S. State Name Etymologies' entry on Wikipedia.
