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Keay, John.

The great arc : the dramatic tale of how India was mapped and Everest was named / John Keay. - London : Harper-Collins, 2000. - xxi, 182 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

0060195185 (acidfree paper)

00038292


India. Great Trigonometrical Survey --History.


Geodesy--History--India--19th century.
Geodesy--History--Himalaya Mountains--19th century.


India--History--19th century.--Surveys
Himalaya Mountains--History--19th century.--Surveys

QB296.I5 / K43 2000

526.1/0954