A History Of The World With Google Earth

Description

This is an internet-linked, time-travelling, globe-trotting puzzle book in association with Google[trademark] Earth, and follow up to "The Great Global Puzzle Challenge". You can travel back in time to some of the most significant events in human history. You can discover where they took place and explore what those places look like today on Google[trademark] Earth - then find vital clues to a secret destination! Combining some of the most significant events in human history with the most exciting things to see on Google Earth, this is a fascinating and educational fusion of book and internet.

Author description

Penny Worms is a well-known children's book editor who was first encouraged to write by Wallace & Gromit. With Wallace so focused on inventing and Gromit so busy helping him, they needed someone to write books for them, including novelisations for The Curse of the Wererabbit and A Matter of Loaf and Death, plus a book about their Grand Adventures and Glorious Inventions for Carlton. Penny is an enthusiastic Google[trademark] Earth traveller, hoping that one day she will have the time and money to go to more of the places she visits for real.

Table of contents

P.4-7 Introduction and how to use Google Earth; P.8-9 Karnak, Ancient Egypt; P.10-11 Pompeii, Ancient Roman Empire; P.12-13 Constantinople, Byzantine Era; P.14-15 Wartburg Castle, Medieval Germany; P.16-17 Forbidden City, Ming Dynasty, China; P.18-19 Machu Picchu, Inca Empire; P.20-21 Columbus discovers the New World; P.22-23 Moscow at the time of Peter the Great; P.24-25 Versailles Palace, France; P.26-27 The Industrial Revolution; P. 28-29 Normandy Beaches, France; P.30-31 Final, secret destination.