The trivia lover's guide to even more of the world: geography for the global generation
Gary Fuller
- USA Gary Fuller 2015
- xv, 205 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
Includes index.
Geographic ignorance still prevails -- Why can my students find Australia on a map -- Place names: pronunciations and translations -- Borders and boundaries -- Islands -- Battles -- Airports -- The British Empire -- Missionaries: agents of geographical change -- Nearest neighbors -- Explorers rescued from oblivion -- Diseases -- Population density -- Fleets -- Spice-seekers -- Principal (rare) products -- Pirates -- Imaginary/mythical/legendary places -- Deep in the heart of -- World population -- Other populations -- Dangerous watery places -- Forced migration -- Forbidden places -- Earthquakes and tsunamis -- Extreme points -- Minerals and mines -- Landscapes of fear.