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![The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named by John Keay](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSGxFcWdRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--51677f9185689d01fa7f5d56a3593ca3c54a4a3f/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Great%20Arc-%20The%20Dramatic%20Tale%20of%20How%20India%20Was%20Mapped%20and%20Everest%20Was%20Named.jpg)
224 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780060932954
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication date: Not specified
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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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![The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named by John Keay](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSGxFcWdRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--51677f9185689d01fa7f5d56a3593ca3c54a4a3f/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Great%20Arc-%20The%20Dramatic%20Tale%20of%20How%20India%20Was%20Mapped%20and%20Everest%20Was%20Named.jpg)
224 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780060932954
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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...