The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named

The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named image
ISBN-10:

0060195185

ISBN-13:

9780060195182

Author(s): KEAY, John
Edition: First American Edition
Released: Sep 01, 2000
Publisher: Harpercollins
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
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Description:

The dramatic tale of the "great arc"--the measure of the meridian, or longitudinal arc--follows the scientists and surveyers as they trudged through jungles and tundra alike beginning in 1802 to mark this important line on the globe. 25,000 first printing.

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