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·尔 (Ibn Hawqal) 绘，他为他图提供了灵感。

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.

该书用希腊文书写在一卷莎草上，这部被称为《地理学》著作是地图图学方面最著名古文献之一。

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（通过书籍和更方便）对一些人来说是付出了相当大代价。