Arctic Ocean
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Item
Acts relating to the formation of the Board of Longitude and the proposal of a reward for the discovery of an accurate method of finding longitude at sea, 1713 - 1821
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/1: 10-95
Scope and Contents
There are Supplementary Acts regarding navigation and surveying the chief ports and headlands of Great Britain and Ireland; John Harrison and his chronometer; and discovering a northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and for making a journey to the North Pole.
Dates:
1713 - 1821
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