Everest

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In 1856 the British colonial powers in India published some results from their Great Trigonometric Survey that put the height of a mountain in the western Himalayas at 8,848 metres. The peak, known as Chomolangma was referred to as Peak XV by the survey group, but as the highest mountain known, it w...

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Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: Geelong, Victoria : Switch International, 2011.
Series:In short : a lesson on almost everything ; Episode 240
VAST: academic video online
Subjects:
Hillary, Edmund, > 1919-2008.
Mountaineering accidents.
Mountaineering expeditions.
Mountaineering > History.
Mountaineers.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Documentary films.
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