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

她于 1920 年 7 月 30 日出生在密歇根州的伊普西兰蒂，很小的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.

和准确的此类地图之一是由伊本·霍盖尔 (Ibn Hawqal) 绘的，他的旅行为他的图提供了灵感。

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.

书用希腊书写在一卷莎草上，这部被称为《地理学》的著作是地图图学方面著名的古献之一。

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、植物学等领域的进步以及更广泛的思想传播（通过书籍和更方便的旅行）对一些人来说是付出了相当大的代价。