The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named by John Keay

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

John Keay

224 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
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The Great Indian Arc of the Meridian, begun in 1800, was the longest maesurement of the earth's surface ever to have been attempted. Its 1,600 miles of inch-perfect survey took nearly fifty years. Hailed as "one of the most stupendous works in the...

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