Zero Degrees: Geographies of the Prime Meridian

by Charles W.J. Withers

Book Overview

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 scientific authority in creating the modern world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674088816
• ISBN13: 9780674088818
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"