How far is far?
Subtitle: comparing geographical distances
By: Vic Parker.
Series: Measuring and comparing
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781432939564; 9781432939649
Subjects: Length measurement -- Juvenile literature; Map scales -- Juvenile literature; Distances -- Measurement -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Measuring distance; title: Distances on maps; title: How far is one stride?; title: Down a street; title: Between two cities; title: Along a mountain range; title: The length of Britain; title: The river Ganges; title: Across America; title: From the North Pole to the equator; title: Around the world; title: Experimenting with measuring distance; title: Distance facts.