One month ago I uploaded "Can I name all 197 countries in the world" and ... Google Street View to drop you in a random location and you have to work out exactly where you are on the worldwide map.

Map: 19 countries whose names come from specific people. by Zack Beauchamp. Feb 1 ... a German cartographer who made the first map of the new world in 1507, named it “America” after Vespucci ...

Countries are called by different names depending on who's doing the calling. ... and at endonymmap.com you can find a map of the world's endonyms.

But the above map (which is broken down into smaller bits below) should help. Credit Card Compare For more detailed information on the background of each of these country names, click here .

The stories behind their original names. Around half of the world’s countries have native or local names that differ from their English versions, often reflecting their history, geography or ...