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

Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781119141808)

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

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

$32.95
Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America by Danson, Edwin

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

$32.95
Format: Paperback
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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


Author: Edwin Danson
ISBN-10: 111914180X
ISBN-13: 9781119141808
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2016
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.50d
By Edwin Danson
By Edwin Danson
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Edwin Danson is a geodetic surveyor with over 45 years of experience working on assignments in many countries, including the United States. He is a Chartered Surveyor of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. He has made many contributions to professional journals and books and is a prominent authority in his field. He lives near Bristol, England.

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