"The Illustrated Longitude"

This book recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the greatest scientific problem of the eighteenth and three prior centuries: determing how a captain could pinpoint his ship's location at sea.  All too often throughout the ages of exploration, voyages often ended in disaster when crew and cargo were lost at sea.  To encourage a solution, governments established prizes for anyone whose method or device provided successful.  The scientific establishment invested untold effort in this pursuit.  The story of John Harrison's trials and tribulations during his forty-quest to win the prize are told in this book.  A 183 images from portraits to maps are included in this beautiful book.

Paperback.  216 pages.