New Found Lands
Publisher: British Library Publishing Division
Published: May 1, 1998
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780712345576
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; Historical geography; History of science; Map making & projections; Maps, charts & atlases; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: SOME TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO, on the plains on Mesopotamia and in the hills of Anatolia, certain groups of men developed the arts of agriculture, metal-working and building, and used them to create the earliest civilizations.