The Map That Changed the World : A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption Northumberland blind alleys and twists and

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The Map That Changed the World : A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption Northumberland blind alleys and twists andAuthor: Winchester, Simon Biography: historical, political & military Published on 4 July 2002 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 352 pages 197 x 130 x 24 248g THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGYHidden 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