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The Map That Changed the World

The Map That Changed the World

The Map That Changed the World
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The Map That Changed the World

by Simon Winchester

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0060931809
ISBN 13
9780060931803
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Harper Perennial, July 2002. Paperback. Used - Very Good.

Synopsis

Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him. It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius, that he was returned to London in triumph: The Map That Changed the World is his story.

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Bookseller
Friends Book Store US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
191117
Title
The Map That Changed the World
Author
Simon Winchester
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
0060931809
ISBN 13
9780060931803
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
July 2002
Pages
329
Bookseller catalogs
History - World History;

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