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Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America (Revised)
by Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America (Revised)
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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
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- Wiley-Blackwell Brand
- May 23, 2016 Pub Date:
- 9781119141808 ISBN-13:
- 111914180X ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 8.9 in * 0.6 in * 5.9 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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