Zero Degrees : : Geographies of the Prime Meridian / / Charles W. J. Withers.
Charles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0° longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scienti...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t CONTENTS -- |t MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- |t PROLOGUE -- |t Introduction -- |t PART I. GEOGRAPHICAL CONFUSION -- |t 1. "Absurd Vanity" -- |t 2. Declarations of Independence -- |t PART II. GLOBAL UNITY? -- |t 3. International Standards? -- |t 4. Globalizing Space and Time -- |t 5. Greenwich Ascendant -- |t PART III. GEOGRAPHICAL AFTERLIVES -- |t 6. Washington's "Afterlife" -- |t 7. Ruling Space, Fixing Time -- |t Notes -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Index |
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