Nick Crane

Latitude

ISBN: 978-0-241-47836-3
EAN: 9780241478363
Produktnummer: 34701518
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Plattform: EPUB

The True Story of the World's First Scientific Expedition

Ebook (EPUB Format)

Told for the very first time, this is the story of the adventure that shaped the world - PRE-ORDER NOW.By knowing the shape of our earth we can create maps, survive the oceans, follow rivers, navigate the skies, and travel across the globe. This is the story of our world, of how we discovered what no one thought possible - the shape of the earth.A thrilling and page-turning account of the first major expedition by data gatherers and qualified observers to interior Peru, to discover the shape and magnitude of the earth. Until humanity discovered this it would be impossible to produce accurate maps and sea charts, without which thousands of liv… Mehr