General report on the operations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, during 1873-1874. Prepared for submission to the Government of India

Dehra Doon [i.e. Dehradun]: printed at the office of the superintendent G. T. Survey, M. J. O'Connor, 1873. Folio, pp. 34, 78a, xiii, [1], 38, 72a, xvi; 12 folding maps (most with hand-coloring or hand-coloring in outline), tables throughout the text and a few small illustrations in the text; contemporary quarter tan calf ovr marbled boards, black morocco label on spine, stamp of the Royal Society at the base opf the spine; top 1½" of spine chipped away, a couple of the maps with short tears at the folds; all else very good and sound. "The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India was a project that aimed to carry out a survey across the Indian subcontinent (truncated) with scientific precision. It was begun in 1802 by the British infantry officer William Lambton, under the auspices of the East India Company. Under the leadership of his successor, George Everest, the project was made the responsibility of the Survey of India. Everest was succeeded by Andrew Scott Waugh, and after 1861, the project was led by James Walker, who oversaw its completion in 1871 ... Among the many accomplishments of the Survey were the demarcation of the British territories in India and the measurement of the height of the Himalayan giants: Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga." (Wikipedia). Not found in OCLC. (Inventory #: 67162)