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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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Above one of the many grand mar staircases within the east wing of Burlington House, the great Palladian mansion on the north side of London' Piccadilly, hangs a pair of huge sky blue velvet curtains, twisted and tasseled silk ropes beside them.
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- Title The Map That Changed the World
- Author Simon Winchester
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harpperen, New York
- Date August 1, 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780060931803 / 0060931809
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.3 x 0.88 in (20.42 x 13.46 x 2.24 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Smith, William, Geology, Stratigraphic - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 550.92
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