Tadataka Ino : The Japanese land-surveyor

A fascianting account of the life and methods of Ino (1745 - 1818), pioneer surveyor of Japan. A successful brewer, he learned his art after age fifty. The accuracy of his maps of the Japanese coasts astonished Europeans and rendered detailed mapping by the British Navy unnecessary. Ito is a much pr...

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Main Author: Otani, Ryokichi
Format: Book
Language:Undetermined
Published: Tokyo Iwanami 1932
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ