A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe Solar System and numerous other features along with earth's both hemispheres. Samuel Dunn Map is so large and so rich in detail that it is exceptionally challenging to do it full justice in either photographic or textual descriptions. The primary map is surrounded on all sides by detailed scientific calculations and descriptions as well as Northern and Southern Hemisphere star charts, a map of the moon, a latitude and longitude analemma chart, a map of the Solar System, a mercator projection of the World, an analemma projection, a seasonal chart, a universal scale chart, and numerous smaller diagrams depicting planets
A Map of Home during the Gulf War. The story is first set in Kuwait, then Egypt, and ends in Texas. There is political, cultural, and social turmoil throughout Kuwait, when eventually Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait in 1990. This forces the family to flee to Kuwait. The author, Randa Jarrar, grew up in Kuwait and Egypt, moving to America soon after the Gulf War; This story is loosely autobiographical. "A Map of Home" discusses the Gulf War, warfare and bombings, the invasion of Kuwait, and more political and social turmoil. Nidali's story is narrated in first person. Coming from a mixed background and moving