Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America
English
By (author): Edwin Danson
The second edition of Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America updates Edwin Dansons 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 surveys starting point and the actual location of the surveyors observatory in Embreeville
- Offers expanded information on Mason and Dixons transit of Venus adventures, which would be an important influence on their future work, and on Masons 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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