The Illustrated Longitude by Dava Sobel

The Illustrated Longitude

Dava Sobel

224 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction biography history science informative inspiring slow-paced
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Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better p...

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