Plot: In 1714, following a maritime disaster, British Parliament offers £20,000 for the first reliable method of determining longitude on a ship at sea. It's known that longitude can be found by comparing a ship's local time to the time at the port of origin

NOVA - Season 26 - Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (Episode 1)
Episode Aired On:
Tuesday, October 6 1998
26 years ago
Tuesday, October 6 1998
26 years ago
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