A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, illustrated, and accurate chronicle of the search to solve “the longitude problem,” the question of how
Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730–1850 brings together the work of international authors to explore European experiences in the development of new navigational techniques and in
This two-volume set reproduces early narratives of the life of Isaac Newton (1643-1727), illustrating the evolving way the eminent scientist was viewed and depicted in the years following his death. T
