As I was growing up my parents picked up on my interest in maps. This was one the first books they got for me. It was sort of a starting point for a growing hobby. For years I collected all sorts of maps. Later went into the Army parlaying that interest in a skill in the field and in orienteering. After the military, I got in Civil Engineering using my map skills and interests even further. I treat this book as kind of a momento of how things started up. ( )