¡Ino Chukei Nippon Wo Sokuryo Shita Otoko(Kawade Bunko)
¡DOMON FUYUJI / Cho
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[Machine Translation] I want to know the exact length of one degree of latitude. It was in the spring of 1800, at the age of fifty-five, that Tadataka set out on a surveying trip from Oshu to Ezo. After retiring, he devoted himself to astronomy and calendar studies, overcame the frictions of his position, and drew the first accurate map of Japan.
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