Introduction: one line to rule the world -- Geographical confusion -- Absurd vanity : the world's prime meridians before c.1790 -- Declarations of independence: prime meridians in America, c.1784-1884 ...
In the 19th century, the United States attempted to establish its own prime meridian. A stone marker was placed to define the nation as the geographic center of global navigation. At the time, ...
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