Nations-Places-Names-Old and New

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Abysinia----- Ethiopia
Angora -----Ankara
Basutholand -----Lesotho
Battavia----- DJakarta
Bechunaland -----Botswana
British Guiana -----Guyana
Burma----- Myanmar
Cambuchia -----Cambodia
Ceeyam----- Thailand
Ceylone -----SriLanka
Christina----- Oslo
Constantinople----- Istanbul
Dacca -----Dhaka
Dahomi----- Benin
Dutch East Indies-- ---Indonesia
Dutch Guyana----- Surinam
East Africa -----Mosambique
Eastern Pakistan----- Bangladesh
Ellis Island----- Tuwalu
Formosa--- --Taiwan
FrenchuSudan -----Mali
Gold Coast -----Ghana
Holland----- Netherlands
Kathe -----China
LeopoldVille----- Kinshasa
LucitaniaPortugese -----Portugal
Malagasi -----Madagascar
Malaya -----Malaysia
Mesopotamia-- ---Iraq
NewSpain----- Mexico
Nippon -----Japan
Northern Rhodasia----- Zambia
Nyasaland----- Malavi
Pachauhalant----- Botswana
Pekking----- Beijing
Persia----- Iran
Salisberry-- ---Harare
Sam -----Thailand
Sarandweep----- SriLanka
Schkiperi----- Albania
South West Africa----- Namibia
Southern Rhodasia -----Zimbabwe
Tanganikaand Sansibar -----Tanzania
Uppervolto----- Burkinofaso
Zire Democratic -----Republic of Kongo

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