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Voyages of Discovery

The Figure of the Earth

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

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Paul Rose tells the story of three Frenchmen's 18th-century scientific mission to Ecuador to settle an international row by measuring the planet's shape. Show more

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