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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell-clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world-making it possible, for the first time ever, to draw a chart of the hidden underside of the earth. Smith spent twenty-two years piecing together the fragments of this...
Publisher
Thunder Bay Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A depiction of the history of North America and the United States told through maps old and new. The history starts with the peoples who first settled the land tens of thousand years ago, and continues to the present day. Includes a timeline of American history, a guide to the fifty U.S. states, and a map showing the birthplace of every U.S. president.
8) Maps
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Simply describes how to use a map in easy-to-read text that incorporates phonics instruction.
Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Introduces readers to road maps and GPS and their many uses, especially in daily life. Features labeled infographics that highlight special features on the map to enhance reader understanding. Additional features include colorful photos, captions, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an index.
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"From ancient Babylon to the Google age, the world has evolved rapidly along with the ways we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with, and reflected these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world."--Cover.
12) The map trap
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Alton Ziegler loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders that he must obey to get the maps back but, with the help of a popular classmate, he just might succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them.
Author
Publisher
BlueRed Press
Pub. Date
©2011
Description
Looks at the war from the perspective of the forty-five states and territories that existed during the period. It looks at the politics of each; the battles fought; the regiments raised; the famous people, soldiers, sailors and very occasional airmen who played their part
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 20
Description
A boundary-leaping debut tracing a gifted young map maker's attempt to understand the ways of the world When twelve-year-old genius cartographer T. S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the Smithsonian announcing he has won the prestigious Baird Award, life as normal-if you consider mapping dinner table conversations normal-is interrupted and a wild cross-country adventure begins, taking T. S. from his family home just north of Divide,...
16) Iron mask
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
English cartographer Jonathan Green takes on an assignment from Peter the Great to map the Russian Far East.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Chronicles the difficulties encountered by George Davidson and others as they attempted to create nautical charts to complete the U.S. Coast Survey of the West Coast in the mid-nineteenth century.
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