Tadataka Ino: The Japanese Land-Surveyor

ISBN-13: 9781931541220 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 358 str.

Ryokichi Otani; Hiroshi Nagaoka

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A fascinating 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.