Latitude Exhibition_The Van de Veldes a region that once took

a region that once took centre stage is again rising to dominate global politics

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Latitude Exhibition_The Van de Veldes a region that once tookThree hundred years ago, no one knew the true shape of the world. Author: Nicholas Crane It wasn't a sphere but did it bulge at the equator or was it pointed at the poles? Until we found out no map could ever be truly accurate. So a team of scientists was sent to South America to measure one full degree of latitude. But South America was a land of erupting volcanoes, sodden rainforests, earthquakes, deadly diseases, tropical storms and violent unrest.