Showing The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named by John Keay
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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.
Regions
Sagarmatha (166)Countries
Nepal (463)India (1,945)
Other geographical areas
Himalayas (286)Plateau Of Tibet (325)
Indian subcontinent (2,765)
Southern Asia (3,549)