Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World by Larrie D. Ferreiro

Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World

Larrie D. Ferreiro

376 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
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In the early eighteenth century, at the peak of the Enlightenment, an unlikely team of European scientists and naval officers set out on the world’s first international, cooperative scientific expedition. Intent on making precise astronomical meas...

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