The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories
by Ross, Val
VOYA Award/HonorNorma Fleck Award/NomineeCanadian ContentMisc./Other HistoryCanadian Children's Book CentreRead Up On ItCartography
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AR Book Level
8.1
AR Points
6
Word Count
32,011
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
74088 EN
About this book
Here are some of the unexpected stories of history’s great mapmakers: the fraud artists who deliberately distorted maps for political gain, Captain Cook, the slaves on the run who found their way thanks to specially-pieced quilts and many more.
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