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Drawing the Line

Drawing the Line

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringColonial Period (1600-1775)Regional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 111914180X
ISBN13: 9781119141808
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: May 13 2016
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The second edition of Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America updates Edwin Danson's definitive history of the creation of the Mason - Dixon Line to reflect new research and archival documents that have come to light in recent years.
  • Features numerous updates and revisions reflecting new information that has come to light on surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
  • Reveals the true origin of the survey's starting point and the actual location of the surveyors' observatory in Embreeville
  • Offers expanded information on Mason and Dixon's transit of Venus adventures, which would be an important influence on their future work, and on Mason's final years pursuing a share of the fabulous Longitude prize, and his death in Philadelphia
  • Includes a new, more comprehensive appendix describing the surveying methods utilized to establish the Mason-Dixon Line

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Colonial Period (1600-1775)