#geography
Explore Books, Authors and Common Highlights on Geography
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Geographic luck played a significant role in shaping the fates of societies.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Geography is not destiny.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
The connections between climate, geography, and life fascinated him.
From The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
To find longitude, you must know the difference between local time and Greenwich Mean Time.
From Longitude by Dava Sobel
Maps are not just tools for navigation; they can tell powerful stories.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
The world is indeed full of maps, but few are as astonishing as the one that was made by William Smith.
The container changed the geography of trade routes and shipping ports.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Salt was crucial to the development of trade routes.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Each degree of longitude represents a different place on Earth.
From Longitude by Dava Sobel