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The Great Arc

The Great Arc

The Dramatic Tale Of How India Was Mapped And Everest Was Named

by John Keay
language: english
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, February of 2012 ‧
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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.

The Great Arc

The Dramatic Tale Of How India Was Mapped And Everest Was Named

by John Keay

Property Description
ISBN: 9780007481170
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date: February of 2012
Language: English
Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 208
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > General History
EAN: 9780007481170

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Keay

John Keay, jornalista e historiador, nasceu em 1941, em Inglaterra. É autor de uma vasta obra, na qual se destacam os relatos de viagens e os livros de carácter histórico, maioritariamente sobre a Índia e o Médio Oriente, a sua área de especialização. Mad about the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South East Asia, Sowing the Wind: the Mismanagement of the Middle East 1900-1960 e Last Post: the End of Empire in the Far East são alguns dos seus livros mais recentes.
Juntamente com a mulher, a escritora Julia Keay, coordenou a Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland, estando agora a rever a London Encyclopaedia.
Keay vive na Escócia com a mulher e os quatro filhos.

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