The Great Arc
The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named
Published on 2. February 2012
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Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-00-748117-0 (ISBN)
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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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09/2012
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HarperCollins
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