Born on July 30th, 1920, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, she was introduced to mapmaking at a young age.

于 1920 年 7 月 30 日出生在密歇根州伊普西兰蒂，很小时候就接触到了地图作。

One of the earliest and most accurate such maps was created by Ibn Hawqal, whose own travels informed his mapmaking.

最早和最准确此类地图之一是由伊本·霍盖尔 (Ibn Hawqal) 绘，他旅行为他图提供了灵感。

Penned in Greek on a papyrus scroll, the work, known as the “Geography”, is one of the most famous ancient texts on the science of mapmaking.

该用希腊文写在一卷莎草上，这部被称为《地理学》作是地图图学方面最古文献之一。

Progress in fields such as mapmaking,   navigation, botany, and the more general spreading of ideas (via books and more ease of  travel) came at a considerable price for some.

图、航海、植物学等领域进步以及更广泛思想传播（通过籍和更方便旅行）对一些人来说是付出了相当大代价。