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  2. Rand McNally - Wikipedia

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    Rand McNally began publishing educational maps in 1880 with its first line of maps, globes, and geography textbooks, soon followed by a world atlas. The company began publishing general literature in 1884 with its first title, The Secret of Success, and the Textbook department was established in 1894 with The Rand McNally Primary School Geography.

  3. Kon-Tiki expedition - Wikipedia

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    The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca god Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Heyerdal's book on the expedition was entitled The Kon-Tiki ...

  4. Gousha - Wikipedia

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    The H.M. Gousha Company was one of the "Big Three" major producers of road maps and atlases in the United States during the 25 years following World War II, making maps for free distribution by oil companies and auto clubs. Following the end of the free-road-map era, Gousha distributed maps through retailers, and published a number of travel ...

  5. Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Opies have argued for an identification of the original Bobby Shafto with a resident of Hollybrook, County Wicklow, Ireland, who died in 1737. [1] However, the tune derives from the earlier "Brave Willie Forster", found in the Henry Atkinson manuscript from the 1690s, [3] and the William Dixon manuscript, from the 1730s, both from north-east England; besides these early versions, there are ...

  6. Blue Highways - Wikipedia

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    Blue Highways Revisited: Written and photographed by Edgar I. Ailor III, and Edgar I. Ailor IV, Blue Highways Revisited is a 30-year follow-up to Heat-Moon's original book. The Ailors re-travel the routes of Heat-Moon and seek out the sites he visited, as well as the people he interacted with along the way.

  7. Agnes Lee - Wikipedia

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    Lee was born Martha Agnes Rand in Chicago on March 6, 1862. [1] [a] She was the second daughter of William H. Rand, an American printer and publisher who co-founded the Rand McNally Company. [2] [3] She was educated at a boarding school in Vevey, Switzerland. [2] Lee wrote a collection of children's verse in 1898 titled The Round Rabbit. [2]

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