Danson, Edwin
Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America
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
Nyckelord: 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
- Författare
- Danson, Edwin
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2016
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 2
- Sidantal
- 280 sidor
- Kategori
- Historia
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781119141815
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781119141877