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Language: en
Pages: 502
Authors: Simon Winchester
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-27 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Language: en
Pages: 525
Authors: Simon Winchester
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-19 - Publisher: HarperCollins UK

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From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave
Maps That Changed The World
Language: en
Pages: 501
Authors: John O. E. Clark
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-12 - Publisher: Batsford Books

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An ancient Chinese proverb suggests, "They are wise parents who give their children roots and wings – and a map." Maps That Changed the World features some of
Strata
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Categories: History
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"The story starts with William Smith's early years, from apprentice to surveyor for hire, and from publication of his groundbreaking 1815 geological strata map
The Ghost Map
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Steven Johnson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Penguin

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"It is the summer of 1854. Cholera has seized London with unprecedented intensity. A metropolis of more than 2 million people, London is just emerging as one of