The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World
by
Larrie D. Ferreiro
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
In the early eighteenth century, at the peak of the Enlightenment, an unlikely team of European scientists and naval officers set out on the world’s first international, cooperative scientific expedition. Intent on making precise astronomical measurements at the Equator, they were poised to resolve...