A Geography of the World (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from A Geography of the World

Great circles - The shortest distance from one place in the world to any other place is along a track which would finally bring the traveller back to his starting place after a journey round the world.

Each meridian of longitude is half of such a track. Tracks of this kind are called great circles.

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