Bibliograph

The map that changed the world, William Smith and the birth of modern geology, Simon Winchester ; [illustrations by Soun Vannithone]

Type

Label

The map that changed the world, William Smith and the birth of modern geology, Simon Winchester ; [illustrations by Soun Vannithone]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The map that changed the world

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

525514587

Responsibility statement

Simon Winchester ; [illustrations by Soun Vannithone]

Sub title

William Smith and the birth of modern geology

Table Of Contents

Escape on the Northbound stage -- Land awakening from sleep -- Mystery of the Chedworth bun -- Duke and the Baronet's widow -- Light in the underworld -- Slicing of Somerset -- View from York Minster -- Notes from the swan -- Dictator in the drawing room -- Great map conceived -- Jurassic interlude -- Map that changed the world -- Ungentlemanly act -- Sale of the century -- Wrath of Leviathan -- Lost and found man -- All honor to the doctor

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