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Danson, Edwin

Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America

Danson, Edwin - Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America, ebook

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The second edition of Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America updates Edwin Danson’s definitive history of the creation of the Mason - Dixon Line to reflect new research and archival documents that have come to light in recent years.
  • Features numerous updates and revisions reflecting new information that has come to light on surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
  • Reveals the true origin of the survey’s starting point and the actual location of the surveyors’ observatory in Embreeville
  • Offers expanded information on Mason and Dixon’s transit of Venus adventures, which would be an important influence on their future work, and on Mason’s final years pursuing a share of the fabulous Longitude prize, and his death in Philadelphia
  • Includes a new, more comprehensive appendix describing the surveying methods utilized to establish the Mason-Dixon Line

Keywords: Mason & Dixon, Mason Dixon Line, Charles Mason, Jeremiah Dixon, geodetic surveying, land surveying, land law, colonial America, surveying, surveyor, geography, US History, American history, American Social & Cultural History

Author(s)
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2016
Language
en
Edition
2
Page amount
280 pages
Category
History
Format
Ebook
eISBN (PDF)
9781119141815
Printed ISBN
9781119141877

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