Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other uniform titles: | Axelrod, David R.
Dreyfuss, Richard.
Jones, Peter, 1941-
Sobel, Dava. Longitude.
Nova (Television program)
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| Notes: | Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014).
Produced by David R. Axelrod and directed by Peter Jones ; telescript by David R. Axelrod ; director of photography, Brian McDairmont ; editor, Eve Gage ; music composed by Dan Jones ; executive producer, Paula S. Apsell.
Narrator, Richard Dreyfuss ; Cast: Patrick Malahide (John Harrison).
This edition in English.
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| Summary: | 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.
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| Other form: | Original
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