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  Longitude

  The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

  by Dava Sobel

  Anyone alive in the eighteeth century would have known that "the logitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries.  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.  Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution. The... (more)
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  Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude

  by Louise Borden

  "For hundreds of years ships had been sailing to places far and near without really knowing where they were!" Sailors knew how to measure latitude, their location north or south of the equator, but they could not measure longitude, their location east or west of their home port. Because of this, many lives were lost worldwide. The key to solving this problem lay in devising a clock that could keep absolutely... (more)
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  Maps and Globes (Reading Rainbow Book)

  by Jack Knowlton

  Maps and globes can take you anywhere -- to the top of the tallest mountain on earth or the bottom of the deepest ocean. Maps tell you about the world: where various countries are located, where the jungles and deserts are, even how to find your way around your own hometown. If you take a fancy to any place on earth, you can go there today and still be home in time for dinner. So open a map, spin a globe. The wide... (more)
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  Georeferencing: The Geographic Associations of Information (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing)

  by Linda L. Hill

  Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2007. Georeferencing—relating information to geographic location—has been incorporated into today's information systems in various ways. We use online services to map our route from one place to another; science, business, and government increasingly use geographic information systems (GIS) to hold and analyze data. Most georeferenced information searches using today's... (more)
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  A Childs Geography Explore His Earth (Childs Geography)

  by Ann Voskamp

• Harrison in the Abbey: Published in Honour of John Harrison on the Occasion of the Unveiling of His Memorial in the Abbey on 24th March 2006Anne Stevenson, John C. Taylor, Dava Sobel, Will Andrewes, Diana Uff, George W. White, Andrew King, Jonathan Betts

  

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  Harrison in the Abbey: Published in Honour of John Harrison on the Occasion of the Unveiling of His Memorial in the Abbey on 24th March 2006

  by Anne Stevenson, John C. Taylor, Dava Sobel, Will Andrewes, Diana Uff, George W. White, Andrew King, Jonathan Betts