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