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## The first biography of William Roy, exploring his life, career and legacy * Considers the influences on William Roy and his work by examining the people in his circle, including some of the most famous scientists and explorers of the day * Reviews the importance of the Military Survey to the history of cartography * Considers the significance of his experiments in measuring heights by barometric pressure * Re-assesses – for the first time since 1917 - his important contribution to British archaeology William Roy was a polymath and a visionary. His work established the path that would lead to the formation of the Ordnance Survey and to all of the paper-based and digital mapping products that we use today. His story – very much one of the Enlightenment – demonstrates how one man’s curiosity and diligence enabled him to excel across a diverse range of topics: military reconnaissance and intelligence; the lessons that could be learned from the past about the tactical use of landscape; the science of determining the height of mountains; and the development of a meticulous methodology to achieve an unprecedented accuracy in topographical measurement. In this biography, Humphrey Welfar

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Author

Humphrey Welfare

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781399505789

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Memoir, History