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Lost at sea [videorecording] : the search for longitude / a Nova Production by Green Umbrella LLC for WGBH Boston and BBC Horizon in association with Sveriges Television.

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"Before global positioning systems, modern map making -- even before America was America -- the concept of longitude was just a dream. Without its guidance, navigation in the 1700s was both unpredictable and deadly," until a country carpenter named John Harrison solved the mystery--Contai...

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Corporate Authors: Sveriges television, Green Umbrella Ltd, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Video (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
Other Authors: Jones, Peter, 1941-, Axelrod, David R., Dreyfuss, Richard, Sobel, Dava
Other title:Search for longitude.
Longitude.
Horizon (Television program)
Nova (Television program)
ITS Video Library.
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, 1998.
Subjects:
Harrison, John, > 1693-1776.
Longitude > Measurement > History.
Chronometers > History.
Clock and watch makers > Great Britain > Biography.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Science television programs.

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