The Great arc: The Dramatic Tale of how India was Mapped and Everest was Named [Audiobook] download free by John Keay
- Listen audiobook: The Great arc: The Dramatic Tale of how India was Mapped and Everest was Named
- Author: John Keay
- Release date: 2001/8/12
- Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9780006531234
- Rating: 9.12 of 10
- Votes: 147
- Review by: Linda Shively
- Review rating: 8.11 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/16
- Duration: 2H51M7S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-16
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MP3, WMA, MPEG4, MPEG-4 ALS, WAV (compression RAR, AZW, TAR.BZ2, ZIP, TGZ)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 26 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 19M9S (5.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 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.The graphic story of the measurement of a meridian, or longitudinal, arc extending from the tip of the Indian subcontinent to the mountains of the Himalayas.Much the longest such measurement hitherto made, it posed horrendous technical difficulties, made impossible physical demands on the survey parties (jungle, tigers, mountains etc.), and took over 50 years. But the scientific results were commensurate, including the discovery of the world's highest peaks and a new calculation of the curvature of the earth's surface.The Indian Mutiny of 1857 triggered a massive construction of roads, railways, telegraph lines and canals throughout India: all depended heavily on the accuracy of the maps which the Great Arc had made possible.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Asian History, Cartography, Map-making & Projections, Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, Popular Science, Surveying, Travel Maps
- Download servers: FileServe, 4Shared, Google Drive, JumpShare, Microsoft OneDrive, CloudBuckIt. Compressed in RAR, AZW, TAR.BZ2, ZIP, TGZ
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 18.70 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x13mm
- Weight: 179g
- Printed by: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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