Drawing the Line

The second edition of<i> Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America </i>updates Edwin Danson’s definitive history of the creation of the Mason – Dixon Line to reflect new research and archival documents that have come to light in recent years.<br /> <ul> <li>Features numerous updates and revisions reflecting new information that has come to light on surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon</li> <li>Reveals the true origin of the survey’s starting point and the actual location of the surveyors’ observatory in Embreeville</li> <li>Offers expanded information on Mason and Dixon’s transit of Venus adventures, which would be an important influence on their future work, and on Mason’s final years pursuing a share of the fabulous Longitude prize, and his death in Philadelphia</li> <li>Includes a new, more comprehensive appendix describing the surveying methods utilized to establish the Mason-Dixon Line</li> </ul>