Latitude : the true story of the world's first scientific expedition / Nicholas Crane.

"Crane, the former president of the Royal Geographic Society, documents the remarkable expedition undertaken by a group of twelve European adventurer-scientists in the mid-eighteenth century. The team spent years in South America, scaling volcanoes and traversing jungles before they achieved their g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crane, Nicholas (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
Edition:First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Subjects:
Latitude > Measurement > History > 18th century.
Latitude > South America.
Scientific expeditions > South America > History > 18th century.
Geodesy > Observations > History > 18th century.
Geodesy > South America.
Scientific expeditions > Peru.
Discoveries in science.
Discoveries in geography.
Peru > Discovery and exploration.
Latitude > Amérique du Sud.
Expéditions scientifiques > Amérique du Sud > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Géodésie > Observations > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Géodésie > Amérique du Sud.
Expéditions scientifiques > Pérou.
Découvertes scientifiques.
Découvertes géographiques.
HISTORY > Expeditions & Discoveries.
HISTORY > Civilization.
TRANSPORTATION > Navigation.
Latitude > Measurement.
Scientific expeditions.
Peru.
1700-1799
History.
Genre:
Observations
History.
Physical Description:257 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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