Latitude
Latitude Three hundred years ago no one knew the true shape of the world. Until we found out no map could ever be truly accurate. It wasn't a sphere - but did it bulge at the equator or was it…
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Latitude
Three hundred years ago no one knew the true shape of the world. Until we found out no map could ever be truly accurate. It wasn't a sphere - but did it bulge at the equator or was it pointed at the poles?
But South America was a land of erupting volcanoes, sodden rainforests, earthquakes, deadly diseases, tropical storms and violent unrest. So a team of scientists was sent to South America - to measure one full degree of latitude. And the misfit scientists had an unfortunate tendency to squander funds, fight duels, stumble into mutinies or die horribly.
The tale of their ten-year odyssey of exploration, discovery, flirtations with failure and ultimate triumph becomes in Nicholas Crane's hands the greatest scientific adventure story ever told.
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