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The great arc : the dramatic tale of how India was mapped and Everest was named
Title:
The great arc : the dramatic tale of how India was mapped and Everest was named
Author:
Keay, John.
Personal Author:
Keay, John.
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : HarperCollins, [2000]

©2000
Physical Description:
xi, 182 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language:
English
Corporate Subject:
India. Great Trigonometrical Survey -- History.
Subject Term:
Geodesy -- India -- History -- 19th century.

Geodesy -- Himalaya Mountains -- History -- 19th century.
Geographic Term:
India -- Surveys -- History -- 19th century.

Himalaya Mountains -- Surveys -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780060195182
Format :
Book

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