The Map that Changed the World

The Map that Changed the World Simon Winchester Additional Author mixed material bibliography Penguin 2002 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. USA 140280391 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 594.07287 WIN Map 5562 C2O library & collabtive (Cultural Studies; Humanities; Indonesian Studies) 5000 C%253ADocuments%2Band%2BSettingsC2OMy%2BDocumentsMovie%2BCollectorImagesthe%2Bmap.jpg 5422 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated