The fiftieth anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names

The fiftieth anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, the author presents the historical background of the ongoing international cooperation on the unification of toponyms on a global scale. The 1967 conference in Geneva was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wolnicz-Pawłowska Ewa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2017-09-01
Series:	Polish Cartographical Review
Subjects:	toponyms international standardization ungegn
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1515/pcr-2017-0010

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