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Author Keay, John.

Title The great arc : the dramatic tale of how India was mapped and Everest was named / John Keay
Edition Paperback edition
Published London : HarperCollins, 2001

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Description xii, 182 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
Summary This is the graphic story of the measurement of a meridian, or longitudinal arc, extending from southern India to the Himalayas. It gives a vidid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects in the 19th century
Notes First published in 2000
Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, pages 173-175
Subject Everest, George, Sir, 1790-1866 -- Travel -- India.
Everest, George, Sir, 1790-1866.
Lambton, William -- Travel -- India
Lambton, William
India. Great Trigonometrical Survey -- History.
Geodesy -- Himalaya Mountains -- History -- 19th century.
Geodesy -- India -- History -- 19th century.
SUBJECT Himalaya Mountains http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060851 -- Surveys http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001768 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
India http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125948 -- Surveys http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001768 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
ISBN 0006531237