Longitude by wire : finding North America
At the turn of the nineteenth century, even the most experienced mariners were still risking catastrophe when navigating the North American coastline because they lacked accurate navigational charts. This title presents a narrative of how American ingenuity solved an international scientific mystery.
eBook, English, c2009
University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C., c2009
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1 online resource (ix, 239 pages : illustrations, maps)
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