longitude

Explains what latitude and longitude are and how they work, showing how to find global address coordinates on maps.

Story of John Harrison's forty-year quest to build the chronometer, the clock that enabled sailors to measure longitude, saving lives and fortunes.

Recounts John Harrison's forty-year quest to build the chronometer, the clock that enabled sailors to measure longitude, saving lives and fortunes.

Recounts John Harrison's forty-year quest to build the chronometer, the clock that enabled sailors to measure longitude, saving lives and fortunes.

Although Molly in the United States is far away from the Inuit woman of Baffin Bay and the lonely sailor off the coast of Chile, they all eat breakfast at the same time because they are in the same time zone.

Easy-to-follow text provides young readers with an introduction to the concepts of latitude and longitude and explains their importance in the history of measuring time.

This book introduces compass roses, the history of longitude and latitude, Earth's time zones, and the relationship between latitude and climate.

Story of John Harrison's forty-year quest to build the chronometer, the clock that enabled sailors to measure longitude, saving lives and fortunes.

Introduces how lines of latitude and longitude are used on maps and globes, and includes an explanation of the equator, prime meridian, and more.