The Map That Changed the World

The Map That Changed the World

PublisherViking, Penguin Books
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
This Edition Published2002
Copyright2001
Pages / Font338 pages / Monotype Bell
ISBN 13978-0-140-28039-5
Barcode9780140280395
ChaptersList of Illustrations About the Chapter Header Illustrations Prologue 1. Escape on the Northbound Stage 2. A Land Awakening from Sleep 3. The Mystery of the Chedworth Bun 4. The Duke and the Baronet's Widow 5. A Light in the Underworld 6. The Slicing of Somerset 7. The View from York Minster 8. Notes from the Swan 9. The Dictator in the Drawing Room 10. The Great Map Conceived 11. A Jurassic Interlude 12. The Map that Changed the World 13. An Ungentlemanly Act 14. The Sale of the Century 15. The Wrath of Leviathan 16. The Lost and Found Man 17. All Honour to the Doctor Epilogue Glossary of Geological and Other Unfamiliar Terms Found in This Book Sources and Recommended Reading Acknowledgements Illustration Acknowledgements Index
NotesColoured map of William Smith's 1815 map on inside front cover. Coloured map of British Geological Survey on inside back cover. Contains many illustrations. Every chapter has the illustration of a fossil (except for one, which is a microscopic segment of rock)
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