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The Map That Changed The World
Paperback Edition: 1
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.
Publisher : Penguin Books
Pages : 352
Publication date : 2002-07-04
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Reference, History, General Reference, Historical Maps & Atlases, World Atlases / World Maps