THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by Simon Winchester ( 9780140280395 )

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Title:

THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
A TALE OF ROCKS, RUIN AND REDEMPTION

By:

Simon Winchester

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0140280391

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9780140280395

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Publisher:

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

1 July, 2002

Pages:

352

Description:

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.

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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Penguin Books Ltd

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