Trivia Lover's Guide to Even More of the World (eBook)

Gary Fuller taught at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for thirty-five years before broadening his scope to lecture aboard cruise ships. He was named a Teacher of the Year by the National Association for Geographic Education, captained a championship College Bowl team, and was a winning contestant on Jeopardy! His Trivia Lover’s Guide to the World won the 2012 Book of the Year Silver Award from Foreword Reviews.

List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction11 Geographic Ignorance Still Prevails 12 Why Can My Students Find Australia on a Map? 13 Place Names: Pronunciations and Translations 14 Borders and Boundaries 15 Islands 16 Battles 17 Airports 18 The British Empire 19 Missionaries: Agents of Geographical Change 10 Nearest Neighbors 11 Explorers Rescued from Oblivion12 Diseases13 Population Density 14 Fleets 15 Spice Seekers16 Principal (Rare) Products17 Pirates 18 Imaginary/Mythical/Legendary Places 19 Deep in the Heart of . . . 20 World Population 21 Other Populations22 Dangerous Watery Places23 Forced Migration24 Forbidden Places25 Earthquakes and Tsunamis26 Extreme Points27 Minerals and Mines28 Landscapes of FearIndex About the Author MapsThe Lost Squadron in Greenland Cook’s Voyage in Endeavour Classical Place Name Belt Mexico and Texas Andesite Line Cuba and Tarawa Superimposed on the United States European Battle Sites Source of the Nile California Missions Palk Strait Germany 1871–1945 Shackleton’s 1914 Expedition Bering’s Voyages Da Gama’s and Magellan’s Voyages Barbary Coast RealmGeographic Centers of the United States Mouth of the Columbia River Skagerrak and the Battle of Jutland Salvation Islands Radcliffe Line North Brother IslandMount Chimborazo Point Nemo Marcellus ShaleRange of Sleeping SicknessLlano Estacado