The Great Arc
In April 1802, Colonel William Lambton (who, with George Everest, has been recognized as the man that made the arc possible) made plans to survey an arc covering a degree of latitude along a longitude in the middle of peninsular India. The over 2,400km of inch-perfect survey was successfully completed, and still remains one of the greatest human endeavours ever undertaken. Read about it here.
We perhaps underestimate the importance of maps as the basis of knowledge of our environment.
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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