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I think you might enjoy the book "Longitude" by Dava Sobel https://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Genius-Greatest-Scientific-Problem/dp/080271529X https://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Genius-Greatest-Scientific-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) For a teaser on John Harrison's chronometer and celestial navigation: https://wornandwound.com/history-of-chronometers-pt-1-origins/ https://wornandwound.com/history-of-chronometers-pt-1-origin...