Hans van der Kwast: #30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Places and their names I mapped toponyms linked to medieval cope contracts: agreements that allowed settlers to drain and farm peatlands. Names ending in ‑cop, ‑koop, ‑kop all trace back to this hostory. The naming tradition even spread to northern Germany and Poland.

#30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Places and their names I mapped toponyms linked to medieval cope contracts: agreements that allowed settlers to drain and farm peatlands. Names ending in ‑cop, ‑koop, ‑kop all trace back to this hostory. The naming tradition even spread to northern Germany and Poland.