EAN: 9781405947343

LATITUDE - NICHOLAS CRANE KARTONIERT (TB)

Told for the very first time  this is the true story of the adventure that shaped the world . .
.'A thrilling story of courage  survival and science. It's an extraordinary  visceral and vivid
read' Geographical Magazine________Three hundred years ago no one knew the true shape of the
world.It wasn't a sphere - but did it bulge at the equator or was it pointed at the poles?
Until we found out no map could ever be truly accurate. So a team of scientists was sent to
South America - to measure one full degree of latitude.But South America was a land of erupting
volcanoes  sodden rainforests  earthquakes  deadly diseases  tropical storms and violent
unrest. 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.________'Pace  rigour and attention to enticing
detail . . . Crane has a rare knack for showing people things without them having to get out of
their chair' Joe Smith  director of The Royal Geographic society

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