Finding Longitude: How ships, clocks and stars helped solve the longitude problem by Richard Dunn, National Maritime Museum (Great Britain), Rebekah Higgitt, Royal Museums Greenwich

Finding Longitude: How ships, clocks and stars helped solve the longitude problem

Richard Dunn, National Maritime Museum (Great Britain), Rebekah Higgitt, Royal Museums Greenwich

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring slow-paced
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300 years ago, amidst growing frustration from the naval community and pressure from the increasing importance of international trade, the British government passed the 1714 Longitude Act. It was an attempt to solve one of the most pressing proble...

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