Introduces different types of maps and how they are used, including those that show how to get to a place and those that show what you will find when you arrive.

Presents an interactive trivia book from author and Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings that contains facts about maps and geography. Also features illustrations, quizzes, games, sidebars, tables, and a recipe.

She has only seen the world through maps. She had no idea they were so dangerous. Boston, 1891. Sophia Tims comes from a family of explorers and cartologers who, for generations, have been traveling and mapping the New World -- a world changed by the Great Disruption of 1799, when all the continents were flung into different time periods. Eight years ago, her parents left her with her uncle Shadrack, the foremost cartologer in Boston, and went on...

This book includes maps, pictures, flags, information panels, and country close-ups of Africa.