Cover of The Measure Of Manhattan The Tumultuous Career And Surprising Legacy Of John Randel Jr Cartographer Surveyor Inventor

Book 2013

The Measure Of Manhattan The Tumultuous Career And Surprising Legacy Of John Randel Jr Cartographer Surveyor Inventor

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Published
2013
  • Influence
  • Surveyors
  • Cartographers
  • Surveying
  • City planning
  • History
  • Biography
  • Inventors

A portrait of the nineteenth-century architect of Manhattan's city grid shares insights into his personality while surveying the innovations that enabled the developing city of Manhattan to overcome natural obstacles to infrastructure.