Drawing the Line

How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Edwin Danson ISBN: 9781119141822
Publisher: Wiley Publication: March 31, 2016
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author: Edwin Danson
ISBN: 9781119141822
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: March 31, 2016
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
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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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.

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