Zero Degrees: Geographies of the Prime Meridian

Charles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0° longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scienti...

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1. Verfasser: Withers, Charles W. J. 1954- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:Charles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0° longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scientific authority in creating the modern world
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (321 Seiten)
ISBN:9780674978935
DOI:10.4159/9780674978935

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