The illustrated longitude

This fully illustrated edition of the international best-seller Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the greatest scientific problem of the eighteenth and three prior centuries: determining how a captain could pinpoint his ship's location at sea. All too often, voyages...

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Main Author: Sobel, Dava,
Other Authors: Andrewes, William J. H., 1950-, Sobel, Dava.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Walker, [1998]
Physical Description: 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
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Online Access: Program air date: January 1, 1999
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