Cartographic confusion and nationalism: the Washington meridian in the early nineteenth century. Edney, M. Mapline, 69-70:4–8, 1993. 00002 GEOBASEabstract bibtex Reviews the 19th century emergence of cartographers constructing maps with a zero meridian of longitude passing through Washington DC. The interplay is discussed of "observed' and "cartographic' longitude, compass and astronomical calculations. -M.Blakemore
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title = {Cartographic confusion and nationalism: the {Washington} meridian in the early nineteenth century},
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abstract = {Reviews the 19th century emergence of cartographers constructing maps with a zero meridian of longitude passing through Washington DC. The interplay is discussed of "observed' and "cartographic' longitude, compass and astronomical calculations. -M.Blakemore},
journal = {Mapline},
author = {Edney, M.H.},
year = {1993},
note = {00002
GEOBASE},
keywords = {LONGITUDE, cartographic history, map history, meridian, nationalism},
pages = {4--8},
}
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