Publisher description for The librarian who measured the earth / Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.
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A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Eratosthenes -- Juvenile literature.
Earth -- Figure -- Measurement -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomy, Greek -- Juvenile literature.
Geography, Ancient -- Juvenile literature.
Geographers -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomers -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Eratosthenes.
Geographers.
Earth.