The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named

The Great Arc

The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named

2000 • 224 pages

Chronicles the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, a venture initiated by British army officer William Lambton to measure the earth's surface, and discusses its completion under Lambton's successor, George Everest.


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