The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of how India was Mapped and Everest was Named
London: HarperCollins. 8vo, cloth boards, dustwrapper, b&w plates, diagrams, maps, index, pp. (xxv) 182. Previous owner's small address label and date on ffep, o/w near-fine. The Great Indian Arc of the Meridian, begun in 1800, was the longest measurement of the earth's surface ever to have been attempted. It was.....
