### Amazon.com Review Once upon a time there lived a man who discovered the secrets of the earth. He traveled far and wide, learning about the world below the surface. After years of toil, he created a great map of the underworld and expected to live happily ever after. But did he? Simon Winchester
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
β Scribed by Winchester, Simon
- Book ID
- 108620485
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780061978272
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