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The Map That Changed the World

A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption

af Simon Winchester

Bog, Paperback, Engelsk, 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. This title tells his story.

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • IndbindingPaperback
  • ISBN9780140280395
  • Udgivet4/07/2002
  • Udgivet afPenguin Books Ltd
  • Længde352 sider
  • ForfatterSimon Winchester
  • GenreBiografier, Selvbiografier