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"Give me the splendid irregularities any day. God bless the panhandles and notches, the West Virginias and Oklahomas." — Wall Street Journal

Why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake?

We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities—the entire

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"The Dutch Century: Domination of the Spice Trade at Any Cost is the second of three books about the remarkable 17th century, primarily owned by the Netherlands. It reveals--as historical fiction -- the adventures, trials, risks, accomplishments, conflicts, atrocities, and crimes, of the Dutch and specifically of the Seagoing Van Brakel family."--

A narrative tour of Florida which describes some of the state's notable sites, while providing information on history, landscape, government, agriculture and industries and culture. Includes fact boxes, lyrics to the state song, and lists of official symbols and famous people.

A treasury of geography facts includes entries about the international date line, what formed the Great Lakes, the biggest desert in the world, the oldest mountain range in North America, and how fast a hurricane can move.

This thoroughly revised edition of the Historical Atlas of Colorado, coauthored by Tom Noel and published in 1994, is chock-full of the best and latest information on Colorado, with new topics, updated text, more than 100 color maps and 100 color photos, and a bibliography of best books on Colorado, as well as useful lists of relevant tourist attractions. Noel and cartographer Carol Zuber-Mallison map and describe Colorado's spectacular geography...