Zero Degrees : : Geographies of the Prime Meridian /

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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Withers, Charles W. J.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PROLOGUE
  • Introduction
  • PART I. GEOGRAPHICAL CONFUSION
  • 1. "Absurd Vanity"
  • 2. Declarations of Independence
  • PART II. GLOBAL UNITY?
  • 3. International Standards?
  • 4. Globalizing Space and Time
  • 5. Greenwich Ascendant
  • PART III. GEOGRAPHICAL AFTERLIVES
  • 6. Washington's "Afterlife"
  • 7. Ruling Space, Fixing Time
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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