The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named - John Keay - Books - HarperCollins Publishers - 9780006531234 - August 6, 2001
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The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named


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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.


226 pages, 16 b/w plates (16pp), (+ maps & diagrams)

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 6, 2001
ISBN13 9780006531234
Publishers HarperCollins Publishers
Pages 224
Dimensions 129 × 200 × 12 mm   ·   214 g
Language English  

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