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Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Danson, Edwin (Author)
ISBN: 111914180X     ISBN-13: 9781119141808
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $31.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
- Technology & Engineering | Surveying
Dewey: 974.880
LCCN: 2016002849
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
 
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Publisher Description:
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