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The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel, Jr., Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor
The Measure of Manhattan The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel Jr Cartographer Surveyor Inventor
Author: Marguerite Holloway
The first biography of an unrecognized, nineteenth-century genius, the man who plotted Manhattan?s famous city grid.John Randel Jr. (1787?1865) was an eccentric and flamboyant surveyor. Renowned for his inventiveness as well as his bombast and irascibility, Randel created surveying devices, designed an early elevated subway, and laid out a contr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393071252
ISBN-10: 0393071251
Publication Date: 2/18/2013
Pages: 336
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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