John Harrison , a clock - maker from the remote village of Barrow on Humber , took up the challenge of the Board of Longitude and dedicated his whole life to building a chronometer which would keep good time at sea .
Through careful research, Moore tells the story of one of history’s most important sailing ships, and in turn shines new light on the ambition and consequences of the Age of Enlightenment.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. An inventive biography of one of the most famous ships of all time – an alluring combination of history, adventure and science. ‘HISTORY BOOK OF THE...
This book tells a story of human emotion, hardship and triumphant endeavour, and includes many aspects of the sciences and humanities.
Endeavour famously carried James Cook on his first great voyage, visiting Pacific islands unknown to European geography, charting for the first time New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia and almost foundering on the Great Barrier ...
Dr. Hawkesworth, into whose hands the Journals were put, not only interspersed reflections of his own, but managed to impose his own ponderous style upon many of the extracts from the united Journals; and, moreover, as they are all jumbled ...