| Publisher | Viking, Penguin Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| This Edition Published | 2002 |
| Copyright | 2001 |
| Pages / Font | 338 pages / Monotype Bell |
| ISBN 13 | 978-0-140-28039-5 |
| Barcode | 9780140280395 |
| Chapters | List of Illustrations
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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 List 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
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| Notes | Coloured 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) |