The illustrated Longitude
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The illustrated Longitude
Fourth Estate, 1998
[New ed.]
- : hbk
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Previous ed. published as: Longitude / Dava Sobel. New York : Walker, 1995
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In addition to the text of Longitude this edition also contains over 200 illustrations, biographical articles on the major characters, additional boxed information on the important scientific, nautical, historical and artistic events of the day, time lines and diagrams to explain geographical, horological and astronomical aspects of longitude.
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