Reddit reviews Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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I second the vote for Cartographies of time.
I might add a couple different options:
A book on Minard's hyper famous graph on Napoleon's invasion of Russia
https://www.amazon.com/Mapping-Time-Illustrated-Napoleons-Campaign/dp/158948312X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481581204&sr=1-1&keywords=minard
"the measure of all things" on how the metre was established
https://www.amazon.com/Measure-All-Things-Seven-Year-Transformed/dp/0743216768
and "longitude" a must read for the aficionado
https://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Genius-Greatest-Scientific-Problem/dp/0802713122/
If you want to be more original, get her a sextant replica
https://www.amazon.com/Scott-London-Sextant-Hardwood-C-3082/dp/B00L290KHQ
or maybe go to etsy and grab a laser cut wood map of her state/country
https://www.etsy.com/listing/265691544/seattle-laser-engraved-wood-neighborhood?ref=market
map people, we're easy.