Peak XV

English Alternative forms en Peak 15 Proper noun Peak mul XV en historic en Mount Everest. en A[ndrew] S[cott] Waugh 1. Papers Relating to the Himalaya and Mount Everest. A. By Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Waugh, Surveyor-General of India, dated Dehra, March 1st, 1856; Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London London Edward Stanford, 6, Charing Cross [for the Royal Geographical Society] 1 March 1856 11 May 1857 I IX 345–346 https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofroy01lond/page/345/mode/1up 1298866300 The revision has proceeded to some extent, and I am now in possession of the final values for the peak designated XV in the list in the Office of the Surveyor-General of India. Mont Everest, or Himalaya Peak XV. en 2002 w:Joy Masoff Chronology Everest: Reaching for the Sky https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780022062071/ w:Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 9780022062071 46634231 45 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780022062071/page/45/ 1856 A survey of India finds that Peak XV in the Himalayas is the world's tallest mountain. en 2005 Kevin Patrick Grant Kevin Grant (historian) Exploring the Top of the World Exploration in the Age of Empire, 1750-1953 https://archive.org/details/explorationinage0000gran_k8b3/ w:Facts on File 0-8160-5260-3 2003025847 54365089 126–127 https://archive.org/details/explorationinage0000gran_k8b3/page/127/ In the course of this massive survey project, the surveyor-general of India, Andrew Waugh, reported to the Royal Geographical Society in 1856 that Peak XV of the Himalayas was the highest mountain known to man, at 29,002 feet. This peak would subsequently become known as Mount Everest. en terms containing Roman numerals