"The Story of Geography" edited by Hendrik Wilhelm Van Loon was written in 1932. Within a few months, it sold nearly 140,000 copies in the United States, and it has always been the best-selling "non-fiction work" in a year. The British edition has an initial run of 138,000 copies, and is also available in German, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, and Portuguese
Chinese, Swedish and other versions were released, and the sales volume cannot be counted. It is regarded as a "miracle" in the history of human publishing. In 1933, this book was introduced to China, and three Chinese translations were published that year. Since then, "The Story of Geography" has been continuously re-translated and published. No other geography work has had so many Chinese readers...
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Reminds me of "The Story of Man", both telling history and geography in an easy-to-understand way. After reading this book, I have a deeper understanding of geography around the world and a greater desire to explore unknown places. I feel like the protagonist in the book, embarking on a journey full of surprises
Reminds me of "The Story of Man", both telling history and geography in an easy-to-understand way. After reading this book, I have a deeper understanding of geography around the world and a greater desire to explore unknown places. I feel like the protagonist in the book, embarking on a journey full of surprises