The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named
by John Keay
2020-07-09 11:43:40
The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named
by John Keay
2020-07-09 11:43:40
A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest.
A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest.
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