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Drawing the line how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America

THE FIRST POPULAR HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF THE MASON-DIXON LINEThe Mason-Dixon line-surely the most famous surveyors' line ever drawn-represents one of the greatest and most difficult scientific achievements of its time. But behind this significant triumph is a thrilling story, one that has thus far eluded both historians and surveyors. In this engrossing narrative, professional surveyor Edwin Danson takes us on a fascinating journey with Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two gifted and exuberant English surveyors, through the fields and forests of eighteenth-century America. Vividly d.

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  • "A history of the Mason-Dixon line profiles surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon as they overcame the dangers and hardships of the eighteenth-century American frontier to survey the famous border."
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