The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780006531234 (0006531237)
ASIN: 0006531237
Publish date: 2001-08-06
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 226
Edition language: English
As a surveyor, I was fascinated by the exploits of my forebears. It is an amazing account, and I saw many reflections of some of my own experiences. Of course, the equipment that I had access to was much more technologically based, but the principles were much the same. Also, there were a surprising...