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This summer, cartographers from around the
world are coming to Portland. Learn more about maps with our
suggestions of nonfiction below, or read about explorers, maps and journeys
in our fiction suggestions.
Nonfiction
The
Map that changed the world: William Smith and the birth of modern
geology/ by Simon Winchester.
Walking
the line: a journey from past to present along the Mason-Dixon
/ Willliam Ecenbarger.
Longitude
: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest
scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel.
Atlas
of the historical geography of the United States / Charles O.
Paulin
Explorers'
maps: chapters in the cartographic record of geographical
discovery / Raleigh Ashlin Skelton
Brief
history of polar exploration since the introduction of flying
/ W.L.G. Jeorg.
Drawing
the line: tales of maps and cartocontroversy / Mark Monmonier
Maine
bicentennial atlas: an historical survey / Gerald E. Morris
Maps
and dreams / Hugh Brody
Fiction
The
Salt letters / Christine Balint
The
Birthday boys / Beryl Bainbridge
Voyage
of the Narwhal / Andrea Barrett
World
Elsewhere / Peter Brooks
The
Voyage / Phillip Caputo
The
alchemist / Paulo Coelho
A
Mapmaker's dream / James G. Cowan
The
broken lands / Robert Edric
Cold
Mountain / Charles Frazier
The
Polish Officer / Alan Furst
I
should be extremely happy in your company / Brian Hall
Smilla's
sense of snow / Peter Hoeg
Navigator
of New York / Wayne Johnston
Life
of Pi / Yann Martel
The
Nautical chart / Arturo Perez-Reverte
Ship
of fools / Katherine Anne Porter
Map
of love / Ahdaf Soueif
Eclipse
/ Richard Wheeler
Uncharted
Territory / Connie Willis
Henderson's
spear / Ronald Wright
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