- Simon Winchester
The Map That Changed the World
A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
Engels |
Paperback |
9780140280395 |
2002 |
352 Pagina's
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. This title tells his story.