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

Informationen zum Autor John Keay is the author of four acclaimed histories: 'The Honourable Company', 'Last Post', about the imperial disengagement of the Far East; the two-volume 'Explorers of the Western Himalayas' and 'India: A History'. His books on India include 'India Discovered', 'Into India' and 'The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named'. John Keay is married with four children, lives in Scotland and is co-editor with Julia Keay of the 'Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland'. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: John Keay, Keay John
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2001
• EAN: 9780006531234
• ISBN: 978-0-00-653123-4
• No. of pages: 182
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, popular science, SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Surveying, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, the Himalayas, Asian History, Himalayas, Travel maps, Surveying, Surveying, quantity surveying, Culture;Society