The Great Arc

This title is a vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century - the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent, and the men who undertook it, William Lambton and George Everest.

Auteur

John Keay is the author of four acclaimed histories: 'The Honourable Company', 'Last Post', about the imperial disengagement of the Far East; the two-volume 'Explorers of the Western Himalayas' and 'India: A History'. His books on India include 'India Discovered', 'Into India' and 'The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named'. John Keay is married with four children, lives in Scotland and is co-editor with Julia Keay of the 'Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland'.