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1. “Absurd Vanity”

The World’s Prime Meridians before c. 1790
© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. PROLOGUE 1
  5. Introduction 5
  6. PART I. GEOGRAPHICAL CONFUSION
  7. 1. “Absurd Vanity” 25
  8. 2. Declarations of Independence 73
  9. PART II. GLOBAL UNITY? 105
  10. 3. International Standards? 107
  11. 4. Globalizing Space and Time 138
  12. 5. Greenwich Ascendant 185
  13. PART III. GEOGRAPHICAL AFTERLIVES
  14. 6. Washington’s “Afterlife” 219
  15. 7. Ruling Space, Fixing Time 263
  16. Notes 275
  17. Acknowledgments 309
  18. Index 313
Zero Degrees
This chapter is in the book Zero Degrees
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674978935-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. PROLOGUE 1
  5. Introduction 5
  6. PART I. GEOGRAPHICAL CONFUSION
  7. 1. “Absurd Vanity” 25
  8. 2. Declarations of Independence 73
  9. PART II. GLOBAL UNITY? 105
  10. 3. International Standards? 107
  11. 4. Globalizing Space and Time 138
  12. 5. Greenwich Ascendant 185
  13. PART III. GEOGRAPHICAL AFTERLIVES
  14. 6. Washington’s “Afterlife” 219
  15. 7. Ruling Space, Fixing Time 263
  16. Notes 275
  17. Acknowledgments 309
  18. Index 313
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